Thursday, December 6, 2007
Beccaria's View on French Society
Beccaria was an Italian philosopher and politician best known for his treatise On Crimes and Punishment. This treatise condemned torture and the death penalty which was revolutionary thought for that time period. Beccaria would not view France favorably as France wielded the death penalty lightly. France was ruled by the despotic rule Louis XIV who used the death penalty as punishment often and used it as intimidation. After he was overthrown the French still did not get rid of the death penalty. During the Reign of Terror of the French Revolution, hundreds of people were put in the guillotine and killed. Beccaria would probably look at France with contempt and try to spread his ideas throughout the country to enlighten her people.
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