Title: Role of Maximilien Robespierre During The French Revolution | Learnodo Newtonic
Headings: Role of Maximilien Robespierre During The French Revolution
Role of Maximilien Robespierre During The French Revolution
The Third Estate
The Incorruptible
Trial And Execution of Louis XVI
Fall of the Girondins
The Reign of Terror
Overthrow And Execution
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The Reign of Terror
Amid threat of a foreign invasion and rising disorder in the nation, the 12 member Committee of Public Safety led by Robespierre institutionalized The Terror: systematic and lethal repression of perceived enemies within the country. Revolutionary armies were established, farmers were forced to surrender grain demanded by the government, prices were fixed for essential goods, wages were fixed and Law of Suspects was passed. Law of Suspects was a decree which authorized the charging of counter-revolutionaries with vaguely defined “crimes against liberty”. This became known as the Reign of Terror and lasted for more than 10 months. In the name of ridding the threats to the revolution, an estimated 500,000 suspects were arrested, 17,000 were officially executed and 25,000 died in summary executions, i.e. without benefit of a full and fair trial. Guillotine became associated with the period and was known as “Madame Guillotine” or “The National Razor”. A satirical engraving of Robespierre guillotining the executioner after having guillotined everyone else in France
Overthrow And Execution
Maximilien Robespierre became the most feared man in France during the Reign of Terror. However, by mid-1794, he had become a target of conspiracies due to his views but mostly because the members feared that they could be guillotined next.