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Emmanuel de Waresquiel, « The trial of Marie Antoinette », Les Cahiers de la Justice, ID : 10670/1.xzmpxm
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Staged in a climate of violence on October 14-16, 1793, the trial of Marie Antoinette was initially greeted with silence and stupor. Over time, a contrasting memory emerged. The hagiographic memory of the Restoration was followed by a dolorist memory of the martyred queen taken up by the Goncourt brothers and then Stefan Zweig. The prize goes to Léon Bloy who, in an apocalyptic style, made her a Christic figure. The result is a unappeased memory, so much so that for some this figure is a “founding myth” and, for others, his sacrifice embodies absolute evil, a “pure impurity” as Emmanuel de Waresquiel wrote, evoking the vision of Joseph de Maistre.