Reign of Terror

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historical period phase of the French Revolution

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.

Aliases (1)

La Terreur ×1

Statements (48)

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 → 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 →

Referenced by (36)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bertrand Barère → Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne → Louis Antoine de Saint-Just → Maximilien Robespierre →	participatedIn
Georges Couthon → Jacques-Louis David → Jean-Baptiste Carrier →	participantIn
Jacobin Club → Montagnards →	associatedWithEvent
Charlotte Corday → Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Étienne →	historicalPeriod
French National Convention → National Convention →	presidedOver
Picpus Cemetery → War of the First Coalition →	relatedEvent
French Royalists →	activeInPeriod
Reign of Terror ("La Terreur") →	alsoKnownAs
Alexandre de Beauharnais →	arrestedDuring
Alexandre de Beauharnais →	causeOfDeath
Montagnards →	dominated
French First Republic →	event
Directory →	followedAfter
Execution of Louis XVI →	followedBy
murder of Jean-Paul Marat →	hasPoliticalContext
The Knight of Maison-Rouge →	historicalEventContext
Jacobin Club →	influencedEvent
French Revolution →	keyEvent
Siege of Toulon →	locatedInTime
The Death of Marat →	narrativeContext
Camille Desmoulins →	opposedTo
Society of Friends of the Constitution →	playedRoleIn
Thermidorian Reaction →	precededBy
Directory (France) →	precededByEvent
September Massacres →	relatedTo
Committee of Public Safety →	significantEvent
Committee of Public Safety →	timePeriod