Reign of Terror

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The Reign of Terror was a particularly violent and radical phase of the French Revolution marked by mass executions, political purges, and authoritarian rule under the Committee of Public Safety.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period ⓘ
phase of the French Revolution ⓘ
aimedAt defense of the Revolution ⓘ
elimination of internal enemies ⓘ
suppression of counter-revolution ⓘ
alsoKnownAs La Terreur ⓘ
linked to: Reign of Terror

The Terror ⓘ
characterizedBy centralized authoritarian rule ⓘ
mass executions ⓘ
political purges ⓘ
revolutionary tribunals ⓘ
suspension of civil liberties ⓘ
context War of the First Coalition ⓘ
civil war in the Vendée ⓘ
country France ⓘ
endedBy Coup of 9 Thermidor ⓘ
endTime 1794-07-28 ⓘ
estimatedNumberOfDeathsWithoutTrial 10000 ⓘ
estimatedNumberOfExecutions 17000 ⓘ
followedBy Thermidorian Reaction ⓘ
historicalAssessment example of revolutionary violence ⓘ
symbol of state terror ⓘ
ideology radical Jacobinism ⓘ
revolutionary republicanism ⓘ
keyInstitution Committee of General Security ⓘ
Committee of Public Safety ⓘ
Revolutionary Tribunal ⓘ
ledBy Committee of Public Safety ⓘ
legalBasis Law of 22 Prairial ⓘ
Law of Suspects ⓘ
location French First Republic ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
mainLeader Georges Couthon ⓘ
Louis Antoine de Saint-Just ⓘ
Maximilien Robespierre ⓘ
methodOfExecution guillotine ⓘ
notableEvent Festival of the Supreme Being ⓘ
execution of Georges Danton ⓘ
execution of Marie Antoinette ⓘ
execution of the Hébertists ⓘ
opposedFaction Girondins ⓘ
partOf French Revolution ⓘ
politicalFaction Montagnards ⓘ
precededBy Insurrection of 31 May – 2 June 1793 ⓘ
result fall and execution of Robespierre ⓘ
rise of Thermidorian moderates ⓘ
weakening of Jacobin Club ⓘ
startTime 1793-09-05 ⓘ

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