Maximilian Robespierre: a revolutionary obsessed with the guillotine
Maximilian Marie Isidore Robespierre (b.1758, um.1794) - one of the main figures of the French revolution.He was a lawyer, and he was good at public speaking. The location of the people to themselves Maximilian won because of his fiery speeches and reputation of integrity.
Robespierre reigned in the club of the Jacobins. And after the fall of the Legislative Assembly and the coming to power of the Convention - became the most popular revolutionary. He was appointed Executive member of the Committee of public safety and took into their own hands the dictatorship. Maximilian had his own vision of an ideal state. And to create it, he, as a fanatic, did not stop at nothing.
The new leader believed that rivers of blood should be spilled for the Golden age to come. In addition, he was obsessed with the French way of execution-the guillotine. So violence and terror became the main laws of this period. First of all, Robespierre dealt with those whom he considered traitors. Then led to the scaffold of their helpers: Danton, Chomette, Hebert.
Against people who did not support the revolution, Maximilian arranged mass executions with the help of the guillotine. According to some historians, about 40,000 people were executed within 10 months without trial.
Robespierre sent soldiers to participate in battles are clearly failing. For example, in the Vendée rebellion (Vendée), which killed more than a hundred thousand people. But in the end, the fear of executions gave strength to the opponents of the revolutionary. He met serious resistance on the public safety Committee.
On 27 July 1794 he was arrested and then imprisoned in the Conciergerie prison. At the time of his arrest, he tried to kill himself with a gun, but only received a jaw wound. The next day, the dictator suffered the same fate as his victims. He was executed by the guillotine.
Robespierre reigned in the club of the Jacobins. And after the fall of the Legislative Assembly and the coming to power of the Convention - became the most popular revolutionary. He was appointed Executive member of the Committee of public safety and took into their own hands the dictatorship. Maximilian had his own vision of an ideal state. And to create it, he, as a fanatic, did not stop at nothing.
The new leader believed that rivers of blood should be spilled for the Golden age to come. In addition, he was obsessed with the French way of execution-the guillotine. So violence and terror became the main laws of this period. First of all, Robespierre dealt with those whom he considered traitors. Then led to the scaffold of their helpers: Danton, Chomette, Hebert.
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Against people who did not support the revolution, Maximilian arranged mass executions with the help of the guillotine. According to some historians, about 40,000 people were executed within 10 months without trial.
Robespierre sent soldiers to participate in battles are clearly failing. For example, in the Vendée rebellion (Vendée), which killed more than a hundred thousand people. But in the end, the fear of executions gave strength to the opponents of the revolutionary. He met serious resistance on the public safety Committee.
On 27 July 1794 he was arrested and then imprisoned in the Conciergerie prison. At the time of his arrest, he tried to kill himself with a gun, but only received a jaw wound. The next day, the dictator suffered the same fate as his victims. He was executed by the guillotine.
