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Lobbying for Equality - Jacques Godard and the Struggle for Jewish Equality during the French Revolution (Hardcover)
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Lobbying for Equality - Jacques Godard and the Struggle for Jewish Equality during the French Revolution (Hardcover)
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The French Revolution brought the promise of equality to many
oppressed groups living in France. French Jews, long persecuted and
considered to be a separate nation, sought to benefit from the new
freedoms promised by the Revolution. The inspiring story of Jacques
Godard, set during the dramatic years of the Revolution, shows how
one determined individual can be a catalyst for lasting and
meaningful change. Jewish leaders engaged the services of Jacques
Godard, a 27-year-old Catholic lawyer, who had previously defended
a slave seeking his freedom, a Protestant defending his property
rights, and other disadvantaged individuals. As the official lawyer
and lobbyist for the Ashkenazi French Jewish community, Godard
ultimately persuaded the Paris Municipal Assembly to become an
important advocate in favour of equal rights for Jews, and, within
two tumultuous years, the campaign for Jewish equality achieved its
goal: Jews became equal citizens of France. Gerard Leval has
performed an important service by describing the life of a young
man who lived more than two hundred years ago and fought for causes
for which we still struggle today.
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