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Between 1787 and 1789 Robespierre lived in this house, now on Rue Maximilien de Robespierre. During his three-year study of law at the Sorbonne, Robespierre distinguished himself academically, culminating in his graduation in July 1780, where he received a special prize of 600 livres for his exceptional academic achievements and exemplary ...
Several months later, Maximilien Robespierre popularized the phrase in his speech "On the organization of the National Guard" (French: Discours sur l'organisation des gardes nationales), on 5 December 1790, article XVI, which was disseminated widely throughout France by the popular Societies. Discours sur l'organisation des gardes nationales
The Law of 22 Prairial, also known as the loi de la Grande Terreur, the law of the Great Terror, was enacted on 10 June 1794 (22 Prairial of the Year II under the French Revolutionary Calendar). It was proposed by Georges Auguste Couthon but seems to have been written by Maximilien Robespierre according to Laurent Lecointre. [1]
On 11 December 1792 Brissot, Pétion de Villeneuve, Marquis de Condorcet, Vergniaud, Gensonné, Th. Payne, Sieyès, Barère and Danton were commissioned to prepare a new constitution. The first six people were Girondins and enemies of Robespierre. [2] On 19 December Barère presented their first report.
As one of the prominent members of the Paris Commune, Robespierre was elected as a deputy to the National Convention in early September 1792. He joined the radical Montagnards, a
The arrest of Maximilien Robespierre and his allies showing at the centre of the image gendarme Merda firing at Robespierre (colour engraving by Jean-Joseph-François Tassaert after the painting by Fulchran-Jean Harriet, Carnavalet Museum) Other policies aimed at supporting the poor included price controls enacted by the Mountain in 1793.
PARIS (Reuters) - France will have a hung parliament after Sunday's parliamentary election, making it necessary for political leaders to figure out a path forward and potentially form a governing ...
Maximilien Robespierre Jacques Hébert Jean-François Varlet Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne Jacques Roux Bertrand Barère: Jacques Pierre Brissot P. V. Vergniaud Armand Gensonné C. J. M. Barbaroux Marguerite-Élie Guadet Claude Fauchet Maximin Isnard François Buzot