Relation de la mort du chevalier de La Barre et du procès des Calas

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Relation de la mort du chevalier de La Barre et du procès des Calas is a polemical work by Voltaire denouncing religious intolerance and judicial injustice in 18th-century France through the cases of the Chevalier de La Barre and the Calas family.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work
polemical work
aimsTo mobilize public indignation against injustice
author Voltaire
authorResidenceAtTimeOfWriting Ferney
linked to: Ferney-Voltaire
countryOfOrigin France
criticizes Catholic Church in France
religious persecution
unjust legal procedures
depicts execution of the Chevalier de La Barre
trial of Jean Calas
focusesOn abuse of religious authority
miscarriages of justice
genre essay
hasPart narrative of the Calas case
narrative of the La Barre case
hasPerspective first-person commentary by Voltaire
historicalContext 18th-century France
influenced debates on religious tolerance in France
later human rights discourse
influencedBy Enlightenment philosophy
intendedAudience public opinion in France
intendedEffect reform of judicial practices
rehabilitation of victims of injustice
language French
literaryForm prose
literaryPeriod 18th century
mainSubject Calas family
Chevalier de La Barre
judicial injustice
religious intolerance
movement Enlightenment
philosophicalPosition anticlericalism
rationalism
politicalPosition critique of absolute monarchy
relatedWork Traité sur la tolérance
setting Ancien Régime France
linked to: Ancien Régime
theme critique of judicial abuse
critique of religious fanaticism
defense of tolerance
freedom of conscience
workTitleLanguage French
workType non-fiction

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Calas affair notableWorkAbout Relation de la mort du chevalier de La Barre et du procès des Calas