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| | Monuments, matyrdom, and the politics of religion in the French Third Republic - SIS |
 | | The explicitly antimonarchist sentiments underpinning commemoration of Etienne Dolet - "victime de l'intolerance religieuse et de la royaute," as the inscription on Guilbert's monument declared(50) - had formerly provided a place for Rochefort and his Ligue de Propagande d'Atheisme. |
 | | In common with a number of other figures, including Dolet, Coligny, and La Barre, he provided a remarkably versatile cover for a symbolic war of attrition between confessional groups, as well as offering a rallying point for those who were implacably opposed to religion in any form. |
 | | The point was well taken by Laurent Tailhade, a committed anticleric, who looked at that other great emblem in the religious struggle, Etienne Dolet, and acknowledged that his credentials as a model for freethinkers scarcely bore scrutiny. |
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