Thermidor ( French pronunciation: [tɛʁmidɔʁ] ) was the eleventh month in the French Republican calendar . The month was named after the French word thermal , derived from the Greek word thermos 'heat'.
7-487: Thermidor was the second month of the summer quarter ( mois d'été ). It started July 19 or 20. It ended August 17 or 18. It follows Messidor and precedes Fructidor . During Year 2, it was sometimes called Fervidor . Because of the Thermidorian Reaction —9 Thermidor Year II—the overthrow of revolutionary radical Maximilien Robespierre and his followers in that month, the word "Thermidor" has come to mean
14-405: A retreat from more radical goals and strategies during a revolution, especially when caused by a replacement of leading personalities. Like all French Republican Calendar months, Thermidor lasted 30 days and was divided into three 10-day weeks called décades (decades). Every day had the name of an agricultural plant, except the 5th (Quintidi) and 10th day (Decadi) of every decade, which had
21-550: A story revolving around the end of the French Revolution in Neil Gaiman 's The Sandman , issue #29. "Thermidor" and "Thermidor 2" were lobster-like robots on Robot Wars . There is a song recorded by J-pop artist Nana Mizuki by the name of "Thermidor". Its lyrics talk about a person in love that is also rethinking his or her personal feelings after realizing that the person they love has changed, and so has
28-454: The accompanying post-revolutionary bureaucracy as the "Soviet Thermidor". The food Lobster Thermidor was named, directly or indirectly, after the month. Sometimes it is said that it was first prepared for Napoleon I during the month of Thermidor. Others say that it was created by Tony Girod at the Café de Paris , to celebrate the opening of a play called Thermidor . Thermidor is the name of
35-583: The name of a domestic animal or an agricultural tool, respectively. The Thermidorian Reaction , Revolution of Thermidor , or simply Thermidor refers to the coup of 9 Thermidor (27 July 1794) in which the Committee of Public Safety led by Maximilien Robespierre was sidelined and its leaders arrested and guillotined , resulting in the end of the Reign of Terror . The new regime, known as The Directory , introduced more conservative policies aimed at stabilizing
42-636: The person. Its lyrics mimic the modern definition of Thermidor. Messidor Messidor ( French pronunciation: [mesidɔʁ] ) was the tenth month in the French Republican Calendar . The month was named after the Latin word messis 'harvest'. Messidor was the first month of the summer quarter ( mois d'été ). It started on 19 or 20 June. It ended on 18 or 19 July. It follows Prairial and precedes Thermidor . Like all FRC months Messidor lasted 30 days and
49-424: The revolutionary government. Consequently, for historians of revolutionary movements, the term Thermidor has come to mean the phase in some revolutions when the political pendulum swings back towards something resembling a pre-revolutionary state, and power slips from the hands of the original revolutionary leadership. Leon Trotsky , in his book The Revolution Betrayed , refers to the rise of Joseph Stalin and
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