Follow Maximilien Robespierre through 54 dated historical records for France.
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Robespierre publicly criticized aggressive atheistic campaigning that he considered politically divisive. His position created a major ideological divide with advocates of dechristianization.
Role range: 1793-1799
Robespierre's circle promoted a republic that would protect the poor while suppressing political enemies. The Ventôse proposals illustrated the ambition and practical difficulties of such a policy.
Role range: 1793-1799
Robespierre regarded some ultra-revolutionary activists as threats to republican unity. Their arrest and execution removed vocal critics of the Committee's authority.
Role range: 1793-1799
Robespierre accepted the elimination of Danton's faction as divisions within the revolutionary leadership sharpened. The executions left the governing coalition politically more isolated.
Role range: 1793-1799
Maximilien Robespierre figured in events surrounding final jacobin appeal at Paris. The hostile atmosphere made a direct struggle for control of the revolutionary government increasingly likely. This episode contributed to the replacement of centralized Jacobin emergency rule with a less unified, more conservative Convention.
Role range: 1793-1799
Robespierre addressed the Jacobin Club after a contentious speech in the Convention, challenging opponents he regarded as conspirators. The hostile atmosphere made a direct struggle for control of the revolutionary government increasingly likely.
Role range: 1793-1799
Maximilien Robespierre figured in events surrounding robespierre ordered arrested at Paris. The decision transformed a struggle of speeches into a contest between the legislature and municipal militants. It exposed divisions among revolutionary deputies over who should control punishment, representation and public order.
Role range: 1793-1799
The Convention decreed Robespierre's arrest together with key political allies. The decision transformed a struggle of speeches into a contest between the legislature and municipal militants.
Role range: 1793-1799
Maximilien Robespierre figured in events surrounding robespierre executed at Paris. His execution marked the decisive defeat of the political circle most identified with the Terror. The episode altered the political climate in Paris as former supporters of the Terror confronted a hostile new majority.
Role range: 1793-1799
Robespierre was guillotined on 10 Thermidor after the collapse of the municipal rising. His execution marked the decisive defeat of the political circle most identified with the Terror.
Role range: 1793-1799
Robespierre's overthrow exposed the political dangers of a court associated with emergency government. Deputies began disputing whether its procedures could be reconciled with republican legality.
Role range: 1793-1799
Robespierre and allied committee members came to regard the ultra-radical Cordeliers circle as a threat to revolutionary unity. Their response formed part of a wider campaign against independent factions.
Role range: 1793-1799
The municipal council was reshaped as more independent radical politicians were removed. Robespierre's allies hoped that a loyal Commune could preserve their influence among the sections.
Role range: 1793-1799
Robespierre fell in July, months after the death of his former friend Desmoulins. The reversal intensified retrospective debate about factional prosecutions under the Terror.
Role range: 1793-1799
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