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 French Constitution of 1795
surface form: 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 Law of 22 Prairial
surface form: decree of the National Convention of 10 March 1793
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 Roger Ducos
surface form: Martial Joseph Armand Herman

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
this entity surface form: Revolutionary Tribunal, Paris
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 Revolutionary Tribunal
this entity surface form: Paris Revolutionary Tribunal
La Force prison associatedWith Revolutionary Tribunal
this entity surface form: French Revolutionary Tribunal
The Terror significantPlace Revolutionary Tribunal
this entity surface form: Revolutionary Tribunal of Paris
The Terror significantOrganization Revolutionary Tribunal
Jacques Hébert convictedBy Revolutionary Tribunal
Madame Élisabeth of France executedBy Revolutionary Tribunal
this entity surface form: French Revolutionary Tribunal
Madame du Barry executedBy Revolutionary Tribunal
Carmelite Prison, Paris associatedWith Revolutionary Tribunal
this entity surface form: French revolutionary tribunals
Fabre d’Églantine convictedBy Revolutionary Tribunal
Hérault de Séchelles triedBy Revolutionary Tribunal