Calas affair
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The Calas affair was an 18th-century French legal case involving the wrongful execution of Protestant merchant Jean Calas, which became a symbol of religious intolerance and judicial injustice and inspired Voltaire’s campaign for civil rights and legal reform.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Calas affair canonical | 3 |
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Target entity: Calas affair Context triple: [Traité sur la tolérance, mainSubject, Calas affair]
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Profumo affair
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Dreyfus affair
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Affair of the Poisons
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Leningrad Affair
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Beecher–Tilton scandal
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Calas affair Target entity description: The Calas affair was an 18th-century French legal case involving the wrongful execution of Protestant merchant Jean Calas, which became a symbol of religious intolerance and judicial injustice and inspired Voltaire’s campaign for civil rights and legal reform.
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A.
Profumo affair
The Profumo affair was a 1963 British political scandal involving Secretary of State for War John Profumo’s relationship with model Christine Keeler, which contributed to the downfall of Prime Minister Harold Macmillan’s government.
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B.
Dreyfus affair
The Dreyfus affair was a late 19th-century French political scandal involving the wrongful conviction of Jewish army officer Alfred Dreyfus, which exposed deep-rooted antisemitism and sharply polarized French society.
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C.
Affair of the Poisons
The Affair of the Poisons was a major 17th-century French scandal involving accusations of witchcraft, poisonings, and black masses that implicated members of Louis XIV’s court.
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D.
Leningrad Affair
The Leningrad Affair was a late-1940s Soviet political purge in which Stalin orchestrated the arrest and execution of prominent Leningrad Party and government officials to eliminate perceived regional rivals and consolidate his power.
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E.
Beecher–Tilton scandal
The Beecher–Tilton scandal was a highly publicized 1870s adultery and seduction controversy involving famed preacher Henry Ward Beecher and Elizabeth Tilton that captivated and divided Victorian-era American society.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical event
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judicial scandal ⓘ legal case ⓘ |
| advocatedBy | Voltaire ⓘ |
| charge | murder of Marc-Antoine Calas ⓘ |
| country | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| dateOfExecution | 1762-03-10 ⓘ |
| endTime | 1765 ⓘ |
| executionMethod | breaking on the wheel ⓘ |
| hasCause |
anti-Protestant prejudice
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religious intolerance ⓘ |
| hasEffect |
campaign for legal reform
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criticism of judicial torture ⓘ debate on religious tolerance ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
abuse of judicial power
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civil rights ⓘ freedom of religion ⓘ judicial injustice ⓘ religious intolerance ⓘ |
| inspired |
Voltaire’s campaign for civil rights
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Voltaire’s campaign for religious tolerance ⓘ critique of the Ancien Régime judiciary ⓘ |
| judicialAuthority |
Parlement of Paris
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Parlement of Toulouse ⓘ |
| laterAssessment | wrongful conviction ⓘ |
| legalIssue |
religious discrimination
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unfair trial ⓘ use of torture in judicial procedure ⓘ |
| legalStatus | miscarriage of justice ⓘ |
| location | Toulouse ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Jean Calas ⓘ |
| movement |
Age of Enlightenment
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surface form:
Enlightenment
|
| notableWorkAbout |
Relation de la mort du chevalier de La Barre et du procès des Calas
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Traité sur la tolérance ⓘ |
| outcome |
execution of Jean Calas
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posthumous exoneration of Jean Calas ⓘ |
| religionInvolved |
Protestantism
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Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| significantPerson |
Anne-Rose Calas
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Armand II de Montmorin ⓘ Donat Calas ⓘ Jean Calas ⓘ Louis XV of France ⓘ Jean Calas ⓘ
surface form:
Marc-Antoine Calas
Jean Calas ⓘ
surface form:
Pierre Calas
Voltaire ⓘ Élie de Beaumont ⓘ |
| startTime | 1761 ⓘ |
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Subject: Calas affair Description of subject: The Calas affair was an 18th-century French legal case involving the wrongful execution of Protestant merchant Jean Calas, which became a symbol of religious intolerance and judicial injustice and inspired Voltaire’s campaign for civil rights and legal reform.
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