How the King of Beasts became a Republican: a lion in the French Revolution

John Simons

doi:10.1353/mos.2020.0014

How the King of Beasts became a Republican: a lion in the French Revolution

John Simons^*

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Faculty of Arts

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Abstract

This essay examines the way in which the lion who lived first at Versailles and then in Le Jardin des Plantes in Paris was depicted in a range of texts. It shows how the lion was central to debates about science, Revolution, and the function of zoos.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	51-63
Number of pages	13
Journal	Mosaic
Volume	53
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1353/mos.2020.0014
Publication status	Published - Jun 2020

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French Revolution
lions
zoos
animal studies
political animals

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How the King of Beasts became a Republican: a lion in the French Revolution

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