What a pity, I'd be very interested in the sources to judge their reliability myself. For the moment, some of the "symptomps" seem to me as a part of the Thermidorian "not a people's man" image (i.e. Robespierre WAS NOT the only one among the jacobins who chose not to give up wearing the powdered wig, however, this detail was widely stressed to question the sincerity of his republicanism), while others shout at me "beware of florid 19th century writers like Carlyle and pseudo-Freudian homophobic 20th century filmmakers like Wajda" :-D BTW, "nervous breakdown" is Ruth Scurr's THEORY, not a proven fact. Many others attributed Robespierre's "absence for illness" to TBC and other diseases. As for the "issues with unexpected social calls" - what exactly are you referring to? As for the bibliography in Spanish, there is actually quite a lot of stuff translated, including speeches and other primary sources not available in English.
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Date: 2010-01-04 08:38 pm (UTC)For the moment, some of the "symptomps" seem to me as a part of the Thermidorian "not a people's man" image (i.e. Robespierre WAS NOT the only one among the jacobins who chose not to give up wearing the powdered wig, however, this detail was widely stressed to question the sincerity of his republicanism), while others shout at me "beware of florid 19th century writers like Carlyle and pseudo-Freudian homophobic 20th century filmmakers like Wajda" :-D BTW, "nervous breakdown" is Ruth Scurr's THEORY, not a proven fact. Many others attributed Robespierre's "absence for illness" to TBC and other diseases. As for the "issues with unexpected social calls" - what exactly are you referring to?
As for the bibliography in Spanish, there is actually quite a lot of stuff translated, including speeches and other primary sources not available in English.