Maximilien Robespierre

The Reign of Terror, which lasted from 1793 to 1794, was a period of severe violence during the French Revolution, which was led by Maximilien Robespierre. Robespierre and the Committee of Public Safety ruled during the Reign of Terror and killed thousands at the guillotine. Robespierre’s followers were called the Jacobins which were the most powerful and radical political faction during the time and he was a spokesman for urban workers, who became known as the sans-culottes. The purpose of the…

Robespierre led the Jacobins, and was seen as a figure of high moral integrity. Several times in the play citizens expressed a high view of Robespierre, “Silence for the Messiah who is sent to elect and to judge. He will give the wicked to the edge of the sword. His eyes are the eyes of election, his hands the hands of judgement.” (Buchner pg. 11). The woman who said this shared a common view of Robespierre with the majority of citizens. No matter how many people Robespierre had killed…

The Reign of Terror occurred after the fall of the French Monarchy. Instituted by Maximilien Robespierre, tens of thousands of political enemies, royalists, and those who opposed the revolution were executed. After the fall of Louis XVI, France established the Committee of Public Safety. Eventually, Maximilien Robespierre dominated this committee and executed anyone who opposed the French revolution. Robespierre, after only about a year of power, would then be executed himself…

France was also at war with Austrians and Prussians. At this time the government was declared a Republic and so the Jacobins, led by Maximilien Robespierre, went around killing all who were opposed to the republic and all who were supposedly counterrevolutionary. From January 1793 to July 1794, France was governed by the Committee of Public Safety, Maximilien Robespierre and Georges Danton were influential members. The Committee of Public Safety, made on April 6, 1793, was created to maintain…

Jackson Hazel Miss Gregory World History 28 November 2017 Maximilien Robespierre Maximilien Robespierre was born May 6th, 1758, in France. After the loss of his mom when he was just six years old his dad left the family and he was raised by his grandparents. After earning a law degree in 1781 he took on the public role of calling for changes in the French monarchy. He gained a reputation of defending the poorest society and earned the nickname “The Incorruptible” at the age of thirty he was…

burning, drowning or hanging. The use of the guillotine symbolised that despite your social class, everyone will receive the same punishment for the crime they commit. When King Louis XVI was put on trial, 380 voted for his execution, among those was Robespierre, and 310 voted against it. On 21 January 1793, Louis XVI, a once respected and feared King of France, became the first political subject to the guillotine. This event is what has thought to be the trigger on the Reign of Terror, after…

Maximilien Marie Isidore de Robespierre was a Philosopher, Government Official, Journalist, Scholar, Judge, Activist, and a Lawyer. He was born in Arras, France, on May 6, 1758, the oldest of four children. His mother died when he was 6 years old. Shortly after the death of his wife Robespierre’s father left the family. After the dersertion by their father the children were raised by their maternal grandparents. Young Maximilien was educated in Paris, graduating from the Lycée Louis-le-Grand and…

“Led by Maximilien de Robespierre, the Committee passed a number of harsh laws designed to intimidate or eliminate anyone who disagreed with them” (Cranny 221). Rather than trying the settle down the chaos of the struggling citizens morally, Robespierre instead used fear and violence as a method of fighting the enemies of the revolution to prevent a counter revolution from gaining around (Schwartz). With the monarchy in France having been abolished it was now being governed by Robespierre…

Prosecution of Maximilien Robespierre Maximilien Robespierre did not justifiably utilize terror during the French revolution because he manipulated Enlightenment beliefs to validate his personal timetable. As a result of his frequent use of the death penalty, people’s “virtue” or love for the government became a way for Robespierre to create a fascist nation, not a democracy. The major goal of the Enlightenment oriented revolutionaries was to create a democracy through the participation of the…

these reasons that Maximilien Robespierre’s Reign of Terror was not justified. The revolution in and of itself was essential to combat the incompetence of the French monarchy, but the heinous acts and crimes…