Revolutionary Tribunal

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The Revolutionary Tribunal was a powerful court established during the French Revolution to prosecute and often condemn perceived enemies of the revolutionary government, especially during the Reign of Terror.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf extraordinary tribunal ⓘ
revolutionary court ⓘ
abolishedBy National Convention decree of 31 May 1795 ⓘ
Thermidorian Reaction ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction French First Republic ⓘ
approximateNumberExecuted thousands ⓘ
associatedWith Committee of Public Safety ⓘ
Georges Couthon ⓘ
Louis Antoine de Saint-Just ⓘ
Maximilien Robespierre ⓘ
characterizedBy limited rights of defense ⓘ
politicized justice ⓘ
speedy trials ⓘ
country France ⓘ
createdBy National Convention ⓘ
dissolvedOn 1795-05-31 ⓘ
establishedOn 1793-03-10 ⓘ
historicalPeriod French Revolution ⓘ
languageOfProceedings French ⓘ
legalBasis decree of the National Convention of 10 March 1793 ⓘ
linked to: Law of 22 Prairial
locatedIn Paris ⓘ
notableJudge Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville ⓘ
notablePhase Reign of Terror ⓘ
notableVictim Antoine Lavoisier ⓘ
Camille Desmoulins ⓘ
Charlotte Corday ⓘ
Georges Danton ⓘ
Girondins ⓘ
Jacques Hébert ⓘ
Madame Roland ⓘ
Marie Antoinette ⓘ
numberOfChambers several sections including a main criminal chamber ⓘ
officeHeldBy judges ⓘ
jurors ⓘ
public prosecutor ⓘ
substitute prosecutors ⓘ
peakActivity 1793-1794 ⓘ
politicalAlignment radical Jacobin ⓘ
president Martial Joseph Armand Herman ⓘ
linked to: Roger Ducos

René-François Dumas ⓘ
primaryFunction impose capital punishment ⓘ
prosecute enemies of the Revolution ⓘ
try political crimes ⓘ
replacedPreviousBody extraordinary criminal commissions ⓘ
seat Palais de Justice, Paris ⓘ
significance central instrument of the Reign of Terror ⓘ
symbol of revolutionary justice and political repression ⓘ
typeOfLawApplied revolutionary law ⓘ
usedMethodOfExecution guillotine ⓘ

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Georges Danton → triedBy → Revolutionary Tribunal ⓘ
Camille Desmoulins → executionOrderedBy → Revolutionary Tribunal ⓘ
Marie Antoinette → convictedBy → Revolutionary Tribunal ⓘ
Reign of Terror → keyInstitution → Revolutionary Tribunal ⓘ
French National Convention → created → Revolutionary Tribunal ⓘ
Committee of Public Safety → hasAuthorityOver → Revolutionary Tribunal ⓘ
Jean-Baptiste Carrier → triedBy → Revolutionary Tribunal ⓘ
Charlotte Corday → trialLocation → Revolutionary Tribunal, Paris ⓘ
linked to: Revolutionary Tribunal
Execution of Marie Antoinette → hasLegalBodyInvolved → Revolutionary Tribunal ⓘ
Madame Roland → imprisonedBy → Revolutionary Tribunal ⓘ
Law of Suspects → relatedInstitution → Revolutionary Tribunal ⓘ
Law of 22 Prairial → subjectOf → Revolutionary Tribunal ⓘ
Law of 22 Prairial → locationOfApplication → Paris Revolutionary Tribunal ⓘ
linked to: Revolutionary Tribunal
La Force prison → associatedWith → French Revolutionary Tribunal ⓘ
linked to: Revolutionary Tribunal
The Terror → significantPlace → Revolutionary Tribunal of Paris ⓘ
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The Terror → significantOrganization → Revolutionary Tribunal ⓘ
Jacques Hébert → convictedBy → Revolutionary Tribunal ⓘ
Madame Élisabeth of France → executedBy → French Revolutionary Tribunal ⓘ
linked to: Revolutionary Tribunal
Madame du Barry → executedBy → Revolutionary Tribunal ⓘ
Carmelite Prison, Paris → associatedWith → French revolutionary tribunals ⓘ
linked to: Revolutionary Tribunal
Fabre d’Églantine → convictedBy → Revolutionary Tribunal ⓘ
Hérault de Séchelles → triedBy → Revolutionary Tribunal ⓘ
Charles Darnay → enemy → Revolutionary tribunal in Paris ⓘ
linked to: Revolutionary Tribunal
Pierre-Gaspard Chaumette → executedBy → Revolutionary Tribunal ⓘ
Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville → employer → Revolutionary Tribunal ⓘ
Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville → participatedIn → French Revolutionary Tribunal proceedings ⓘ
linked to: Revolutionary Tribunal
Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville → notableTrial → trial of Georges Danton ⓘ
linked to: Revolutionary Tribunal
Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville → notableTrial → trial of the Girondins ⓘ
linked to: Revolutionary Tribunal
Trial of Marie Antoinette → hasCourt → Revolutionary Tribunal ⓘ
Trial of Marie Antoinette → relatedTo → French Revolutionary Tribunal ⓘ
linked to: Revolutionary Tribunal
Malesherbes → executedBy → Revolutionary Tribunal ⓘ
Law of the Great Terror → jurisdiction → Paris Revolutionary Tribunal ⓘ
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Law of the Great Terror → expandedPowersOf → Revolutionary Tribunal ⓘ
Law of the Great Terror → relatedTo → Revolutionary Tribunal ⓘ
Olympe de Gouges → executedBy → French Revolutionary Tribunal ⓘ
linked to: Revolutionary Tribunal
Philippe Égalité → triedBy → Revolutionary Tribunal ⓘ
François Hanriot → executedBy → French Revolutionary Tribunal ⓘ
linked to: Revolutionary Tribunal
Chrétien Guillaume de Lamoignon de Malesherbes → executedBy → French Revolutionary Tribunal ⓘ
linked to: Revolutionary Tribunal
Jeanne Vaubernier → convictedBy → Revolutionary Tribunal ⓘ
René-François Dumas → memberOf → Revolutionary Tribunal ⓘ
René-François Dumas → wasTriedBy → Revolutionary Tribunal ⓘ
René-François Dumas → wasPresidentOf → Revolutionary Tribunal of Paris ⓘ
linked to: Revolutionary Tribunal
Jean Nicolas Houchard → judicialBody → Revolutionary Tribunal ⓘ