ABSTRACT
It is characteristic of times in political upheaval that the factions contending for supremacy make their views known, to supporters and enemies alike, by means of the printed word: pamphlets, posters, brochures and newspapers of all kinds pour forth from the presses as the struggle is pursued.1 As has often been observed, the Revolution of 1789 witnessed the birth of the popular press in France,2 but the communicative and propagandist strategies adopted by the competing factions embraced a far wider range of forms than the press alone.
