Posted on 07/28/2021 8:12:56 AM PDT by CheshireTheCat
On this date in 1794, the curtain — and the blade — fell on the Terror.
Maximilien Robespierre, who had breakfasted the previous day as master of France, was guillotined this evening with his chief lieutenants and partisans.
His fall came as sudden and inevitable as his rise had been unpredictable.
Five years before, Robespierre was an unprosperous Arras attorney of fashionably liberal philosophies, and you wouldn’t have given a sou for the prospects of his being remembered five minutes after he died. Yet it would come that his inseparable lieutenant Saint-Just would remark with understatement, “The words we have spoken will never be forgotten on earth.”
The historic convocation of the Estates-General thrust him onto the political stage where he would make the dread name that follows him, starting off in the Revolution’s inception as a far-left deputy. He took a notable early stand against the death penalty, with several arguments that are quite familiar by our day:
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Sorry. Here’s the link.
http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/07/28/1794-maximilien-robespierre-saint-just-jacobins/
I asked the mods to fix the link.
Good.................
Today should be a holiday in France and the rest of the world......................
Old Max... early champion of “Woke” and former chairman of “the Committee for Public Safety”. Till he “woke” one day to discover himself victim to the device he sent so many others... devoured by the monster he helped create. I was ask him but he’s unavailable for comment.
Having an interest in all things historical. Why are these posts linked to ExecutedToday.com seem so oddly worded and difficult to read?
I don’t know. I don’t know the guy who runs it. My guess is that it is just his “style.”
The guy was quite the demagogue. Similar to Marx in many respects.
Here’s an excellent documentary of the French revolution. In French with English subtitles.
“Having an interest in all things historical.”
Then, you might like this excellent documentary on the french revolution.
Well, the first 15 seconds of your suggested video starts off with Robespierre being humiliated by the king. So yeah, I will watch this tonight.
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