Title: Off with their heads! 5 French Revolution executions that changed history
Headings: Off with their heads! 5 French Revolution executions that changed history
Off with their heads! 5 French Revolution executions that changed history
“Louis must die so that the nation may live.”
Maximilien Robespierre
King Louis XVI
Marie Antoinette
Jean Sylvain Bailly
The Drownings at Nantes
Maximilien Robespierre
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Content: Off with their heads! 5 French Revolution executions that changed history
Off with their heads! 5 French Revolution executions that changed history
11/07/2014 / 10 Comments / in Home Page Featured Post, People Power / by Catherine Curzon
“Louis must die so that the nation may live.” Maximilien Robespierre
When revolution swept through France in the final decade of the eighteenth century, the landscape of the nation changed forever. The guillotine loomed large over Paris, its blade thundering down on necks both aristocratic and peasant with equal violence and by the time the Reign of Terror reached its blood drenched climax, 40,000 citizens of France lay dead. Not all went to the iconic National Razor though, and not all are remembered by name or memorialised in the basilicas and history books. Let’s take a look at five executions of the French Revolution that changed history, so if you have an aversion to blades, look away now! GARD Pro Not Registered
King Louis XVI
When King Louis XVI went to the guillotine on 21st January 1793, a seismic shift occurred in the history of France. Some called the monarchy repressive, others misguided and still more saw tragic martyrs. Whatever your take on it, when the blade fell and ended the king’s life, the world seemed like a very different place.