Committee of Public Safety

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executive body government committee organ of the French First Republic

The Committee of Public Safety was the de facto executive government of France during the most radical phase of the French Revolution, overseeing war efforts and the Reign of Terror.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Committee of Public Safety canonical 44
Committee of General Security 6
CommitteeOfPublicSafety 2

Statements (65)

Predicate Object
instanceOf executive body ⓘ
government committee ⓘ
organ of the French First Republic ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction French First Republic ⓘ
appointedBy National Convention ⓘ
country France ⓘ
dissolved 1795-11-02 ⓘ
era French First Republic ⓘ
surface form: First French Republic
governmentForm revolutionary government organ ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver Revolutionary Tribunal ⓘ
armies of the French Republic ⓘ
representatives on mission ⓘ
hasEffect expansion of revolutionary war effort ⓘ
intensification of political repression ⓘ
strengthening central government power ⓘ
hasMember Bertrand Barère ⓘ
Georges Couthon ⓘ
Georges Danton ⓘ
Hérault de Séchelles ⓘ
Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne ⓘ
surface form: Jacques Nicolas Billaud-Varenne

Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois ⓘ
Jeanbon Saint-André ⓘ
Lazare Carnot ⓘ
Louis Antoine de Saint-Just ⓘ
Maximilien Robespierre ⓘ
Prieur de la Marne ⓘ
surface form: Prieur de la Côte-d'Or

Prieur de la Marne ⓘ
Robert Lindet ⓘ
hasPart Public Safety representatives ⓘ
hasRole coordination of Revolutionary Government ⓘ
executive authority of France ⓘ
oversight of foreign policy ⓘ
oversight of war effort ⓘ
supervision of internal security ⓘ
war cabinet ⓘ
headquartersLocation Tuileries Palace ⓘ
surface form: Palais National (former Tuileries)

Tuileries Palace ⓘ
inception 1793-04-06 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName French ⓘ
legalBasis decrees of the National Convention ⓘ
legislativeBody National Convention ⓘ
location Paris ⓘ
motto salus populi suprema lex ⓘ
namedAfter public safety ⓘ
nativeLabel Committee of Public Safety self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Comité de salut public
notableWork centralization of war effort ⓘ
implementation of Terror as policy ⓘ
organization of mass conscription (levée en masse) ⓘ
numberOfMembers 12 ⓘ
9 ⓘ
opposedBy Girondins ⓘ
Thermidorian Reaction ⓘ
surface form: Thermidorians
partOf National Convention ⓘ
politicalAlignment Montagnards ⓘ
surface form: Montagnard

radical Jacobin ⓘ
replacedBy Directory ⓘ
replaces Committee of General Defense ⓘ
significantEvent Law of 22 Prairial ⓘ
Reign of Terror ⓘ
Thermidorian Reaction ⓘ
fall of Robespierre ⓘ
subsidiaryOf National Convention ⓘ
timePeriod French Revolution ⓘ
Reign of Terror ⓘ
usedLanguage French ⓘ

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Subject: Committee of Public Safety
Description of subject: The Committee of Public Safety was the de facto executive government of France during the most radical phase of the French Revolution, overseeing war efforts and the Reign of Terror.

Referenced by (58)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Convention → created → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ
National Convention → created → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ
this entity surface form: Committee of General Security
Jacobin Club → supportedInstitution → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ
Girondins → repressedBy → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ
Directory → precededBy → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ
Maximilien Robespierre → memberOf → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ
Georges Danton → memberOf → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ
Georges Danton → opposedBy → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ
this entity surface form: Committee of Public Safety (during the Terror)
Montagnards → controlledBody → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ
French Constitution of 1793 → draftedBy → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ
Battle of Fleurus (1794) → associatedWith → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ
Reign of Terror → ledBy → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ
Reign of Terror → keyInstitution → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ
Reign of Terror → keyInstitution → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ
this entity surface form: Committee of General Security
French First Republic → executiveBody → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ
French National Convention → created → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ
French National Convention → created → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ
this entity surface form: Committee of General Security
Bertrand Barère → memberOf → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ
Society of Friends of the Constitution → controlled → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ
this entity surface form: Committee of Public Safety (de facto influence)
Committee of Public Safety → nativeLabel → Committee of Public Safety self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Comité de salut public
Georges Couthon → memberOf → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ
Louis Antoine de Saint-Just → memberOf → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ
Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne → memberOf → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ
Élie Guadet → persecutedBy → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ
Cult of the Supreme Being → associatedWith → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ
L'Ami du peuple → supported → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ
editing L'Ami du peuple → relatedTo → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ
this entity surface form: CommitteeOfPublicSafety
Law of Suspects → enforcementBody → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ
this entity surface form: Committee of General Security
Law of Suspects → enforcementBody → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ
Law of Suspects → relatedInstitution → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ
this entity surface form: revolutionary committees of surveillance
Law of 22 Prairial → associatedWith → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ
editing the newspaper Le Vieux Cordelier → criticized → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ
this entity surface form: CommitteeOfPublicSafety
Le Vieux Cordelier → criticized → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ
Le Vieux Cordelier → opposedBy → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ
Revolutionary Tribunal → associatedWith → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ
The Mountain → supportedInstitution → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ
French Aerostatic Corps → supervisedBy → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ
Vendée uprising → opposedBy → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ
Organizer of Victory → associatedWithInstitution → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ
The Terror → significantPlace → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ
The Terror → significantOrganization → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ
The Terror → significantOrganization → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ
this entity surface form: Committee of General Security
Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai → wasMemberOf → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ
Director (French Directory) → replaces → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ
subject surface form: French Directory
Army of the Eastern Pyrenees → subordinateTo → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Committee of Public Safety
Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans → executedUnder → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ
Commune Council → hasPart → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ
this entity surface form: Committee of Public Safety of the Paris Commune
Fabre d’Églantine → associatedWith → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ
Committee of General Defense → followedBy → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ
Committee of General Defense → replacedBy → Committee of Public Safety ⓘ