Follow Georges Couthon through 9 dated historical records for France.
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
Couthon joined colleagues who regarded the purge as necessary to defend the endangered Republic. The action nonetheless revealed the coercive role of Parisian armed politics.
Role range: 1793-1799
Couthon sided with colleagues seeking disciplined central action against counter-revolution. The decree established a governing principle that shaped the next phase of the Terror.
Role range: 1793-1799
Couthon supports Robespierre and Saint-Just in promoting virtue discipline and revolutionary government
Role range: 1789-1795
Couthon supports Robespierre and Saint-Just in promoting virtue discipline and revolutionary government.
Role range: 1789-1795
Couthon supported the Jacobin constitutional project as a promise of democratic legitimacy during a period of civil rebellion and foreign war.
Role range: 1789-1799
Couthon introduced legislation severely narrowing procedural protections for suspects before the Revolutionary Tribunal. Its adoption hastened trials and expanded the scope of capital punishment.
Role range: 1793-1799
The Law of 22 Prairial accelerates Revolutionary Tribunal procedures and increases fear of political purge
Role range: 1789-1795
The Law of 22 Prairial accelerates Revolutionary Tribunal procedures and increases fear of political purge.
Role range: 1789-1795
Couthon presented legislation that sharply restricted defence safeguards at the Revolutionary Tribunal and accelerated capital trials during the Terror.
Role range: 1789-1799
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