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2 de may. de 2024 · Maximilien Robespierre lost his head—literally. On July 27, 1794, Robespierre and a number of his followers were arrested at the Hôtel de Ville in Paris. The next day Robespierre and 21 of his followers were taken to the Place de la Révolution (now the Place de la Concorde), where they were executed by guillotine before a ...
19 de abr. de 2024 · Además, el rey había sido acusado de traición a la nación y de conspirar contra la revolución, lo que llevó a Robespierre y otros líderes revolucionarios a considerar que su muerte era necesaria para proteger los ideales de la revolución y garantizar la estabilidad del nuevo régimen.
23 de abr. de 2024 · He argued that since the Revolution essentially concerned the sovereignty of the people, a Revolution could not coexist with a king, and thus, he reached his famous conclusion that Louis must die, so that the Revolution could live. “Robespierre (3 December 1792),” 1792, Liberty, Equality, Fraternity.
Hace 1 día · Robespierre pensó que la muerte de Danton era imprescindible para sus objetivos y decidió eliminarlo aunque ello fuera el principio de su propio fin. Tras la muerte de Danton, ...
23 de abr. de 2024 · In the excerpt below from the Jacobin Club meeting of 8 Thermidor Year II (26 July 1794), Collot d’Herbois, a member of the CPS, questions Robespierre’s motives, accusing him of seeking to become a dictator. (Indeed, rumors that Robespierre wanted to become a king were circulating in Paris.) However, Collot’s speech is poorly received ...
Hace 4 días · In tracing this narrative arc, McPhee’s primary endeavour, in which he succeeds admirably, is to humanise a figure commonly depicted as a murderous tyrant, presiding over the bloody maelstrom that swept across France between September 1793 and July 1794.
3 de may. de 2024 · The fall of Robespierre in July 1794 (Thermidor, Year II according to the new revolutionary calendar) was a turning point in the Revolution. It was engineered by a group of Jacobin deputies (later known as the Thermidoreans) fearful for their own lives.
