Jacques Necker (and public opinion) [ Politics / Publicity ]
… virtue by his supporters, and a fraudulent charlatan by his enemies, Necker well understood the importance of public opinion in affairs of state. Under the Old Regime, he worked hard to defend both his reputation and that of his … explores Necker’s changing image in revolutionary opinion to show how the revolution ultimately shifted the terms of public opinion as a form of political sociability in French politics. People > Politics Concepts > Publicity Keywords Censorship Finance French Revolution Public sphere Third Estate Jacques Necker, a protestant banker from the city-state of Geneva, was best known for his role as …
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