
3.34a- The Republican Calendar
Revolutions
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Introduction
The french republican calendar was an attempt by the revolutionaries to completely re invent how humans mark the passage of time. Time itself did fin come under scrutiny, but that's a story for another day. The urge to remake the markers of time really came from two main currents: enlightenment and science. And then second, anti clerical radicals who wanted to abolish any lingering sway held by the catholic church in France.
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