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… rehabilitation of the injured. His audiences were made to feel that they had witnessed a significant, almost a religious spectacle; they returned to the real world, somehow enlightened, or at least awed, by the wonders they had seen. The …

… emphasised the ‘sinister duality of the festival ': 20   with the processions leading prisoners to the guillotine, the spectacle of executions in the Place de la Révolution (now the Place de la Concorde) and the Lyon and Vendée massacres. …

… of the local newspaper, is particularly interesting not only for what it reveals about the colour and vibrancy of the spectacle, but also especially its depiction of the restoration of civility after the election. The contagion of the …