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Jean-François Lefebvre, chevalier de La Barre

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Voltaire’s reaction to his execution

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    In Voltaire: Achievements at Ferney of Voltaire

    …dramatic affair concerning the 19-year-old Chevalier de La Barre, who was beheaded for having insulted a religious procession and damaging a crucifix (July 1, 1766). Public opinion was distressed by such barbarity, but it was Voltaire who protested actively, suggesting that the Philosophes should leave French territory and settle in…

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