How Bloody Was La Semaine Sanglante of 1871? A Revision
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8959415 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert Tombs (St. John's College of Nursing, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 679-704 |
| Publication date | 2012-08-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Historical Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-246X • E-ISSN: 1469-5103 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0018246x12000222 |
| OpenAlex | W2119006021 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 13 |
The dominant memory of the Paris Commune has been of disproportionate violence wreaked on the Communards by a brutal government. However, accounts of the extent of the bloodshed rest on flimsy foundations. A range of archival evidence suggests that the death toll has been greatly exaggerated, and a revised estimate is here proposed. How and why the number of deaths became crucial to the history of the Commune from an early date is explored. If the killing was in reality on a far less apocalyptic scale, how does this affect the narrative of nineteenth-century French politics and its ‘memory’
Affect (linguistics · Art · Death toll · Ethnology · Government (linguistics · Literature · Narrative · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Demography · European Political History Analysis · French Historical and Cultural Studies · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Law · Philosophy · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,56 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2025 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |