Maximilien robespierre and reign of terror

Cambridge University Press. It was ratified by public referendum , but never put into force. Find out more about page archiving. There was a sense of emergency among leading politicians in France in the summer of between the widespread civil war and counter-revolution. Jacobin Club — Retrieved 15 February Archived 5 December at the Wayback Machine.

How many died in the reign of terror

The French Revolution: Conflicting Interpretations. The tide would not turn from them until September when the French won a critical victory at Valmy preventing the Austro-Prussian invasion. The French Revolution. Archived from the original on 23 June Jacques Nicolas Billaud-Varenne.

What happened during the reign of terror?

The Guillotine and the Terror. In the next 11 months, , suspected enemies of the Revolution were arrested and more than 17, were executed, most by guillotine. Secondary sources [ edit ]. Steel, Mark Contents move to sidebar hide. Download as PDF Printable version. To evade arrest about fifty deputies avoided staying at home. Linton, Marisa 20 June Wikimedia Commons has media related to Maximilien de Robespierre.

Popular pressure [ edit ]. Other significant figures and factions. Profile Books. Reign of Terror, — Early life [ change change source ]. The Reign of Terror French: la Terreur was a period of the French Revolution when, following the creation of the First Republic , a series of massacres and numerous public executions took place in response to the Federalist revolts , revolutionary fervour, anticlerical sentiment, and accusations of treason by the Committee of Public Safety.

Oxford University Press. A change in orientation might explain how Robespierre, sitting in a chair, got wounded from the upper right in the lower left jaw. On 5 December 14 Frimaire the National Convention passed the Law of Frimaire , which gave the central government more control over the actions of the representatives on mission.