Anatomy of a massacre: Gender, power, and punishment in revolutionary Paris

Mary Bosworth

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Abstract

This article describes the massacre of 35 women in the Paris Hôpital de la Salpêtrière in September 1792. The killing of the women in the city's largest prison-hospital complex for women was a unique event in the French Revolution's history because it was the only all-female institution targeted during the September Massacres. Using archival documents, the author explores what the violence against women in Salpêtrière suggests about gender and punishment at the dawn of modernity.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1101-1121
Number of pages21
JournalViolence Against Women
Volume7
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2001
Externally publishedYes

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