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The sans-culottes (French: [sɑ̃kylɔt]; lit. ' without breeches ') were the common people of the lower classes in late 18th-century France, a great many of whom became radical and militant partisans of the French Revolution in response to their poor quality of life under the Ancien Régime. [1]
The hit documentary turned the forgotten cult — known for its red and orange clothing — into a pop culture obsession. Over six engrossing episodes rich with archival footage, directors Chapman ...
Hellfire Club was a term used to describe several exclusive clubs for high-society rakes established in Great Britain and Ireland in the 18th Century. The name most commonly refers to Francis Dashwood's Order of the Friars of St. Francis of Wycombe. [1]
The Cult was intended as a civic religion—inspired by the works of Rousseau, Quatremère de Quincy, and Jacques-Louis David, it presented "an explicit religion of man". [11] Adherence to the Cult of Reason became a defining attribute of the Hébertist faction. It was also pervasive among the ranks of the sans-culottes. Numerous political ...
Pages in category "BBC television documentaries about history during the 18th and 19th centuries" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total.
Films about cults, social groups that are defined by their unusual religious, spiritual, or philosophical beliefs and rituals, or their common interest in a particular personality, object, or goal Contents
The Cult of the Supreme Being (French: Culte de l'Être suprême) [note 1] was a form of theocratic deism established by Maximilien Robespierre during the French Revolution as the intended state religion of France and a replacement for its rival, the Cult of Reason, and of Roman Catholicism.
Kondratii Selivanov [], founder of Skoptsy-movement.Drawing from early 19th century. The Skoptsy movement emerged in the 1760s from the flagellant sect of the Khlysty.Its founder was a runaway peasant, later known as Kondratiy Ivanovich Selivanov, a former adherent of a Khlysty sect of Akulina Ivanovna in the Oryol Governorate. [12]