I must admit, that does bother me about Saint-Just portrayals, that the man who, to be entirely honest, could probably be more popular/persuasive/passionately adored by a modern public than Thomas Jefferson if it wasn't for these feints of historical deviousness, gets turned into emo-boy who is convinced of the justness of his opinions only because he is young. I am aware of my own ignorance on the subject, but even I know that there was more to Saint-Just than to what they've reduced him to. This is really quite annoying. Just because he was young doesn't mean he was stupid. Pitt the Younger scholarship is much more limited so I'm pretty aware of the historical opinions/interpretations in that field and what I've always liked about them is that even the historians who don't like him acknowledge that he was characterized by more than just his youth when he came to power. It might just be the British bias of historians in these fields however; Pitt was their Prime Minister and can therefore be a saintly prodigy, but Saint-Just is guilty of the inequitous crime of Being French and is therefore blinded by his youth and inexperience.
... I can't even get into Robespierre. I get too angry to be rational about it. D:
I still can't bring myself to watch the whole thing, so I shall end my applauding you for managing to finish! Brava!
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I must admit, that does bother me about Saint-Just portrayals, that the man who, to be entirely honest, could probably be more popular/persuasive/passionately adored by a modern public than Thomas Jefferson if it wasn't for these feints of historical deviousness, gets turned into emo-boy who is convinced of the justness of his opinions only because he is young. I am aware of my own ignorance on the subject, but even I know that there was more to Saint-Just than to what they've reduced him to. This is really quite annoying. Just because he was young doesn't mean he was stupid. Pitt the Younger scholarship is much more limited so I'm pretty aware of the historical opinions/interpretations in that field and what I've always liked about them is that even the historians who don't like him acknowledge that he was characterized by more than just his youth when he came to power. It might just be the British bias of historians in these fields however; Pitt was their Prime Minister and can therefore be a saintly prodigy, but Saint-Just is guilty of the inequitous crime of Being French and is therefore blinded by his youth and inexperience.
... I can't even get into Robespierre. I get too angry to be rational about it. D:
I still can't bring myself to watch the whole thing, so I shall end my applauding you for managing to finish! Brava!