Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-291) and index.
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The national and the sacred -- The politics of patriotism and national sentiment -- English barbarians, French martyrs -- National memory and the canon of great Frenchmen -- National character and the republican imagination -- National language and the revolutionary crucible.
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In a work of lucid prose and striking originality, Bell offers the first comprehensive survey of patriotism and national sentiment in early modern France, and shows how the dialectical relationship between nationalism and religion left a complex legacy that still resonates in debates over French national identity today.
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Title
Cult of the nation in France.
International Standard Book Number
9780674012370
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
French language-- Political aspects.
National characteristics, French.
Nationalism-- France-- History.
Français (Langue)-- Aspect politique.
Français.
Nationalisme-- France-- Histoire.
French language-- Political aspects.
HISTORY / Europe / France
National characteristics, French.
Nationalism.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Ideologies-- Nationalism.