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THERMIDOR (from Gr. BEprt, heat, and & pov, gift) , the name given during the French Revolution to the eleventh month of the year in the Republican Calendar. The month fell
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place in this month was the revolution of q Thermidor year II. (27th of July 1794), which resulted in the fall of Robespierre and the collapse of the Terror. The name Thermidorian (Thermidorien) was given to the authors of this revolution and to the supporters of the reactionary movement
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See C. d'Hericault, La Revolution de Thermidor (2nd ed., Paris, 1878) ; E. B. Courtois, Rapport fait an nom de la commission chargee de l'examen des pa piers trouves chez Robespierre et ses complices (1795) ; D. A. Martin, Papiers inedits . supprimes ou omis par Courtois (3 vols., 1828) ; also bibliography in M. Tourneux
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