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The Gods Are Athirst
Anatole France · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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Brotteaux compares the revolutionary court to old royal instruments of justice. The edition explains Grands Jours as extraordinary sessions of sovereign courts and the Chambre ardente through the exceptional court connected with Louis XIV’s poison affair. His point is political dependence and continuity beneath regime change, combined with a judgement that the newer court lacks the older system’s political discrimination. The names do not denote ordinary great days or a literal burning room.
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- Chapter XI, paragraph 14Frenchses Grands Jours, sa Chambre ardente: its Grands Jours and Chambre ardente. Brotteaux says the Convention wanted dependent magistrates like those of royalty.