The Revolutionary Temper
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The Revolutionary Temper by Robert Danton gets recommended on The Rest Is History, with transcript quotes, timestamps, and episode context.
The Revolutionary Temper by Robert Danton appears 4 times across 4 podcast episodes on 1 show, with transcript quotes and timestamps.
“Robert Danton's book, The Revolutionary Temper is absolutely wonderful on all this.”
Why people keep bringing this up
The Revolutionary Temper is repeatedly cited on The Rest Is History because the hosts use it as a source for how information moved through late‑eighteenth‑century Paris. In two consecutive episodes the book is invoked to explain social sites and habits that shaped public awareness: coffee houses, the circulation of pamphlets, and public readings on street corners. Those concrete aspects of urban information culture are the reasons the programme returns to Danton’s work when discussing the period.
The two mentions occur in episodes 476 and 477, where the book is drawn on for slightly different examples. Episode 476 references its treatment of the enormous appetite for news and gossip around the Diamond Necklace scandal trials, while episode 477 points to its discussion of coffee houses and people swapping ideas and reading pamphlets in public. The repetition across episodes indicates the hosts consider it a useful, episode‑relevant source on how news and rumor spread in 1780s Paris.
The host mentions Robert Danson's book to highlight how Marie Antoinette was perceived in France during her time. Danson notes that despite negative portrayals, she was considered attractive and queenly by some contemporaries.
The host mentions Robert Danton's book to highlight how the play 'The Marriage of Figaro' was seen as a radical challenge to the social order in France, foreshadowing the revolution. Danton argues that the play's impact was so significant that it effectively 'killed off the nobility' long before the guillotine did.
The host mentions Robert Danton's book, 'The Revolutionary Temper,' to highlight the role of public opinion and the exchange of ideas in the lead-up to the French Revolution. The book provides valuable insights into how political discourse evolved during this transformative period.
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Which episode recommended The Revolutionary Temper?
477. The French Revolution: The Violence Begins (Part 3) on The Rest Is History is one of the clearest indexed episodes that recommended The Revolutionary Temper by Robert Danton. Other indexed episodes include 476. The French Revolution: The Diamond Necklace Scandal (Part 2) on The Rest Is History and 478. The French Revolution: Showdown in Versailles (Part 4) on The Rest Is History. The first indexed transcript timestamp lands at 16:52.
Which podcast mentioned The Revolutionary Temper?
The Rest Is History is the main indexed podcast currently tied to The Revolutionary Temper by Robert Danton.
Who recommended The Revolutionary Temper on podcasts?
PodcastMentions ties The Revolutionary Temper by Robert Danton to The Rest Is History, but the underlying mentions do not yet expose stable guest names for every episode.
Why do podcast guests bring up The Revolutionary Temper?
The host mentions Robert Danson's book to highlight how Marie Antoinette was perceived in France during her time. Danson notes that despite negative portrayals, she was considered attractive and queenly by some contemporaries. It most often appears in conversations about Marie Antoinette's portrayal, controversy of Figaro, and French Revolution and America.
Mentions across episodes
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“Robert Danton's book, The Revolutionary Temper is absolutely wonderful on all this. On the coffee houses, on people swapping ideas, people would read pamphlets out on street corners.”
“Robert Danton's brilliant book, The Revolutionary Temper, discusses the enormous appetite for news and gossip in Paris in the 1780s, particularly regarding the trials of the scandal's participants.”
“Robert Darnton describes the storm that hit France in the summer of 1788, detailing the catastrophic effects of the hailstones on the countryside.”
“Robert Danson in his book, The Revolutionary Temper, says that when the pamphleteers, newspapers and whatnot, were talking about her in France, they all said, she's actually very nice looking.”