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[email protected] FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES LES HOMMES SANS DIEU: ATHEISM, RELIGION, AND POLITICS DURING THE FRENCH REVOLUTION By SHANE H. HOCKIN A Dissertation submitted to the Department of History in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Degree Awarded: Spring Semester, 2014 \Shane H. Hockin defended this dissertation on March 31, 2014. The members of the supervisory committee were: Darrin McMahon Professor Directing Dissertation John Corrigan University Representative Rafe Blaufarb Committee Member Ed Gray Committee Member Charles Upchurch Committee Member The Graduate School has verified and approved the above-named committee members, and certifies that the dissertation has been approved in accordance with university requirements. ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Writing a dissertation seems like a solo venture, but the truth is that the dissertation cannot come to fruition without the wisdom and aid of many people. These individuals cannot be appreciated enough. Some of them I do not even know their names. I am especially thankful for the assistance of the staff at the George A. Smathers Libraries, the Archives Nationales, the Bibliothèque nationale de France, the Newberry Library, and Strozier Library. They are the unsung heroes of my research and I could not have done this without them. Lucy Patrick and Sarah Buck-Kachaluba of Strozier Library deserve extra thanks for helping get me started.