Robespierre's Shadow
Featured image: Carmelite Martyrs of Compiègne, July 1794
After beheading their king, the French Convention set its sights on God. Churches were stripped of their golden monstrances and silver chalices; statues and stained glass windows were shattered; hymnals and devotional books were consigned to the pyres. Crosses were knocked down in graveyards an…
