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 ⓘ