This article examines the many rewritings of a single story: the adventures of a brigand vigilante, first told in Schiller's Die Raüber, adapted by Lamartelière into the 1792 hit Robert, chef de brigands, and updated over the next decade through new endings and sequels. The evolving nature of this vigilante – from noble brigand to popular insurrectionist to merciful judge to Terrorist – reflects the anxieties produced by the shift from a conception of justice as a transcendental force, originating in God's will and flowing through the king and his courts, to an immanent model resting on the notion that all humans possess an innate sense of right and wrong and thus the ability to judge. The manifold revisions of Schiller's story open a window onto the shifting sands of Revolutionary justice, revealing the impact of such events as the September Massacres, Louis XVI's trial, and the institution of the Revolutionary Tribunal.

本文考察了一个单一故事的许多改写：一个在布勒守卫者的历险记中的经历，该故事最早出现在席勒（Schiller）的《狄伯·劳伯（DieRaüber）》中，由拉玛蒂埃（Lamartelière）改编为1792年大受欢迎的罗伯特·德·布赖甘兹厨师，并在接下来的十年中通过新的结尾和续集进行更新。这种警惕性的演变性质-从高尚的贿赂到流行的起义主义者再到仁慈的法官再到恐怖分子-反映了从正义概念作为超越力量的转变所产生的焦虑，这种观念力量起源于上帝的旨意并流经国王和他的宫廷，一个内在的模型，它基于所有人都具有对与错的先天感以及因此而具有判断能力的观念。席勒的故事作了多方面的修改，为革命的正义之沙打开了一扇窗户，揭示了诸如9月大屠杀，路易十六的审判和革命法庭的机构等事件的影响。