The Terror | Killing God (Part 5)

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Why did Robespierre hold a vast, eccentric festival in Paris 1794, during the high-point of the French Revolution? How was it received by the other leading figures of the revolution? And, would the French Revolution really succeed in supplanting the Christian God?

Join Tom and Dominic as they discuss the extraordinary spectacle of the Festival of the Supreme Being, its sinister reception, and the transformation of France.

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