Robespierre

Maximilien Marie Isidore de Robespierre was born on May 6, 1758 in Arras, France. He was born to a wealthy lawyer and went on to take on the same profession. Unlike his father, he also played a key part in the Jacobian party and the French Revolution. Robespierre became popular due to his opposition of the King Louis XIV of France but once he gained power, he was instantly unpopular. He issued the arrest of more than 300,000 suspected enemies of the Committee and about 27,000 of those prisoners died

Maximilian Robespierre was most notably known for sending thousands of people to their deaths. He was one of the most radical political leaders in the French Revolution, as well as being one of the most influential members of the Jacobins. However, being the dominant force in the Committee of Public Safety, gained him many eyes looking his way. Eventually the people of France started to wise up and see that Robespierre had taken control, right under their noises. Eventually Maximilien Robespierre was executed

Maximilien Robespierre is oft-cited as the sole and driving force behind the excesses of the Terror; while his role in the Terror can’t be ignored, clemency must be exercised in the charges levelled against him. The majority of the deaths under the Terror – approximately 70% - occurred in the suppression of the Vendee and Federalist Revolts (with the mitraillades, noyades, etc.), largely under the representatives-on-mission, who operated partially under Barére’s (a Committee of Public Safety member)

July, when some of the more radical Jacobin leaders, including Robespierre, installed themselves in charged of the committee and immediately began to make drastic changes. Some of the drastic changes as consequence of the abrupt Declaration was the Jacobin and Robespierre control over the region, Reign of Terror, and Robespierre’s Maximum implements ceiling on price. At first, the constitution cited on 1793, Jacobin and Robespierre controlled the

Maximilien Robespierre was and Bashar Al-Assad is a totalitarian ruler of their respective countries, France and Syria, given that they have established strict regimes in order to maintain control over their nations. In times of chaos, rulers such as these are meant to take action by defending or fighting for their nation. In Robespierre’s perspective, defending one’s nation is only sensible if the ends justify the means. This policy was exhibited in the late 1700’s during the Reign of Terror where

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Maximilien Robespierre declared at the trial of King Louis XVI. “The King must die so that the nation can live.” Robespierre advocated the kings demise and with it the ways of the Ancien Régime. However, in an ironic twist of fate his words also foreshadowed his own rise and fall as the leader of the French Revolution. Known as “The Incorruptible”, or alternately “Dictateur Sanguinaire” Robespierre is a monumental figure of the French Revolution, but which was he? Was he the incorruptible revolutionist

of Terror.[Footnote] Throughout the French revolution, specifically the eleven month, 1793-1794 Reign of Terror, revolutionary leaders, such as Maximilien Robespierre believed in enforcing fear to resolve the instability of France. “Terror is nothing else than swift, severe, indomitable justice; it flows, then, from virtue”-Maximilien Robespierre.[Footnote] This period in history signified great atrocities of massacres, and a time where fear was evoked within every French civilian. The National Convention

During the period of The French Revolution, Maximilien Robespierre, French lawyer and politician, was probably one of the most influential and well – known figures. I selected him because I found his personality interesting, and wanted to know more about him. To this day, among historians, Robespierre is a very controversial figure. Some support his actions during the Reign of Terror, while others do not. Furthermore, in his early days as a politician, he was known as ‘The Incorruptible’ due his

Maximillien Robespierre      Maximillien Robespierre is commonly viewed as the symbol of the Reign of Terror, the short period in which thousands of people were executed because they were thought to be traitors. However, Maximillien was actually an idealistic reformer with an image of peace and equality driving him on, who is unfairly credited with the Terror, and assumed to be a power-hungry tyrant.      Maximillien was able to attend a prominent educational institution. He became an intelligent