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 Reign of Terror
surface form: 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 Thermidorian Reaction
surface form: 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 Public Safety
surface form: 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 Cult of the Supreme Being
surface form: 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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Revolutionary Tribunal notablePhase Reign of Terror
The Mountain activeInPeriod Reign of Terror
The Mountain roleInEvent Reign of Terror
Paris Commune (1792) timePeriod Reign of Terror
La Force prison associatedWith Reign of Terror
Conciergerie associatedWith Reign of Terror
Errancis Cemetery associatedWithEvent Reign of Terror
The Terror alsoKnownAs Reign of Terror
Jacques Hébert executedUnder Reign of Terror
Lucile Desmoulins associatedWith Reign of Terror
Lucile Desmoulins politicalContext Reign of Terror
Maximilien participatedIn Reign of Terror
subject surface form: Maximilien Robespierre
Quatrevingt-treize depictsEvent Reign of Terror
Arlene Dahl notableWork Reign of Terror
this entity surface form: Reign of Terror (1949 film)
The Two Orphans historicalContext Reign of Terror
The Wanderer isSetDuring Reign of Terror
Carmelite Prison, Paris politicalContext Reign of Terror
Levée en masse implementedDuring Reign of Terror
Un épisode sous la Terreur associatedWithEvent Reign of Terror
this entity surface form: Reign of Terror in France
de Beauharnais hasMemberExecutedDuring Reign of Terror
Hôtel de la Force usedDuring Reign of Terror
maximum on prices (Law of the Maximum) historicalContext Reign of Terror
subject surface form: maximum on prices
Gottfried Wolfgang settingOfActivity Reign of Terror
The Plain associatedWithEvent Reign of Terror
Geneviève Dixmer hasFictionalTime Reign of Terror
Hérault de Séchelles participantIn Reign of Terror
Rabaut Saint-Étienne deathEvent Reign of Terror
Barbara Wright appearsInSerial Reign of Terror
this entity surface form: The Reign of Terror
Louis Antoine participantIn Reign of Terror
subject surface form: Louis Antoine de Saint-Just
“l’Archange de la Terreur” associatedWithEvent Reign of Terror
subject surface form: l’Archange de la Terreur