Horror and terror

Considered to be the father of the terror, Robespierre found Olympe De Gouge’s attempt to free women as an act of defiance. As such, Robespierre ordered her execution. Robespierre’s reason for eliminating Gouges is made clear in Europe and Making of Modernity, Where Robespierre emphasizes…

The French Revolution’s Reign of Terror The French Revolution’s Reign of Terror is one of the easiest and most famous examples of mob mentality.Mob mentality had a huge impact in the French Revolution’s Reign Of Terror. It begins when the French government decided to take strict measures against those being suspected with enemies. King Louis XVI was executed in 1793 after the king got executed people in France saw the guillotine as a weapon that they feared. The guillotine was used for purging…

which was important because there was no longer a distinction between the rich and the poor. However, this short period of success did not last very long because radicals like Robespierre became too powerful and his actions led to the fatal Reign of Terror…

to a new constitution and other laws being put in place that didn’t mesh with their culture. Due to this situation desperate times also called for desperate measures in which France was forced to take. Thus, the entire Reign of Terror in France began. The Reign of Terror in France was a period that the community had never seen before. An official definition of the entire period from our textbook is “the period from 1793 to 1794, during which Robespierre’s Committee…

French revolutionary with ties to both the French Revolution as well as the Reign of Terror. Robespierre studied law and went on to be an advocate for the lower class of France. Robespierre aided in the writing of the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen. As a radical Jacobin leader, Robespierre called for political change in the French monarchy. Robespierre gained a great deal of power during the Reign of Terror. He began to use it as a way to eliminate political enemies. Not long…

Guilluame Malesherbes was a famous lawyer in France during the time of the French Revolution who occupied prestigious positions under the King, however, is most notable for his defense of King Louis XVI in his trial. In John W. Davis’ journal article titled, The Lawyers of Louis XVI, he discusses the trial of the King and the role that each of the defense lawyers played not only in the trial, but in the life of King Louis XVI too. At a first glance, it is easy to assume that Malesherbes…

The Reign of Terror was a period of violence that was exacted upon enemies of the French revolution. During this time, Napoleon was promoted to brigadier general in the army, but when Robespierre fell from his seat of power in 1797 Napoleon was briefly placed under house…

With religious uniformity under Louis XIV’s belt, he aimed to re-establish France’s system of government. For ages the nobility had influence over the king’s actions and threatened to make France a weak monarchy, but Louis XIV did not tolerate such influence because he believed that a country could only be strong with an absolute system of government; he wanted to ensure that he was the only governing body. He sought to weaken the power of the nobility he accomplished this by replacing state…

Journal entry of a Parisian peasant (Third Estate) I remember a time when all the peasants were demanding food, water and other basic necessities. A new king, Louis XVI, promised us that he was going to provide bread and never would raise taxes. At first he seem like a good man someone who would make our community great and stick up for those in need. But that speech was just to make himself king. After Louis XVI became king, everything became crazy. People rebelled against the King. Many people…

In the heart of France’s food crisis and economic troubles Jacques Necker insisted that Louis XIII call in the Estates General. The Estates General was made up of three hundred clergy, three hundred noblemen and six hundred commoners. The commoners found that vote was based on power and wealth and felt unrepresented in The Estates General. This caused the creation of the Tennis Court Oath that swore the members to assemble until the constitution of the kingdom was enacted whilst Louie XIII…