Maximilien Robespierre

French Revolution Biographies Napolean Bonaparte was a french military and political leader. He helped Francee re-establish and bring it together as a global power. He was a political and military leader. Napoleon became the chief army commander He defeated the Austrians in 1796 who were one of France’ primary rivals. Napoleon also led the French to victory against the Egyptian military rulers. This helped him gain more power and fame, which made France rise again. At the age of 35, Napoleon…

the French government. Maximilien Robespierre was a Jacobin in the Estates General, who took over executive power of the Committee. Robespierre believed that terror was a necessary evil, to obtain “liberty and equality.” The Terror had an economic side represented in the Maximum, a price-control measure demanded by the lower classes of Paris, and a religious side that was represented in the program of de-Christianization pursued by the followers of Jacques Hebert. Robespierre believed that…

Book Review Marilyn Yalom was, from 1984 to 1985, the senior scholar at the Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University. Needless to say, she had extensive knowledge about the roles women played throughout history. Her book, titled Blood Sisters: The French Revolution in Women’s Memory, lets you see the impact that women had in the French Revolution. Published in 1993 by BasicBooks, Blood Sisters is a compilation and analysis of nearly one hundred memoirs, all written by women…

louis XVI was overthrown then napoleon became king in 1814 the robespierre became a french dictators during the enlightenment, which is when people survived to criticize the french government and economy was judged by guillotine which made legal for its speed and agility to kill. The French Revolution, became a highly influential and well known turning point in French and World History. Through the tragedies of Louis XVI and Robespierre The Enlightenment and also through the triumphs of…

On May 6, 1758 in Arras, France Maximilien Marie Isidore de Robespierre was born and he is the oldest of the four children. Maximilien was the son of a lawyer. After his mother died his father had left them not to long after and he and his 3 younger siblings were raised by their mother’s mother. In 1765 Maximilien attended college at Oratorians at Arras, and in 1769 he was awarded a scholarship to a big famous college called Louis-le-Grand in paris, where he started a interest in philosophy and…

many years under a feudal system, the people of French society began to think that equality of rights was established by nature and not by the king, which was previously the popular opinion. With the help of philosophers and leaders such as Maximilien Robespierre, the people were able to put their ideas into action and were able to turn the absolute monarchy into a constitutional monarchy. If the revolution had ended there, I would say that society was able…

even governmental beliefs in the material covered in L’Ami du Peuple and the actions taken by the group will be talked about to determine a relationship between the two. The relationship between Jean-Paul Marat and Maximilien Robespierre will be looked at due to the position Robespierre held within the Jacobins. Comparisons between the groups of people who read Marat’s publication and those who were Jacobins,…

The Reign of Terror was designed to fight enemies of the revolution, and it wanted to prevent counter-revolution from gaining ground. The Jacobins had also wanted the Reign to stop pretty soon after it had started. With this, Robespierre stated, “If the spring of popular government in time of peace is virtue, the springs of popular government in revolution are at once virtue and terror: virtue, without which terror is fatal; terror, without which virtue is powerless. Terror is nothing…

The French Revolution was a period of time in which the three Estates requested for change and had to fight for reform. Although it took very long for this to occur, some people were able to overcome the hardships they faced during this time. Eventually, the French Revolution came to an end and majority of the people were satisfied with the changes that were established.The French Revolution was a success because the people received what they were fighting for and most of their grievances were…

The French Revolution During the French Revolution, and the events after that, many people lost their lives due to the conflict itself, and the executions that followed. Among these people that lost their lives are Louis XIV, Robespierre, Marie Antoinette, and countless innocent civilians. Therefore, the French Revolution was harmful to the people of France due to famine, the end of the Estate System, and the Reign of Terror. The end of the Estate System basically brought an end to order in…