What happened during the Terror? Episode 367

<p>The Terror (1793-1794) is a confusing part of the French Revolution. What happened? What started it? Why? Historian Suzanne Levin explains and gives us the context we need to understand these events. There is a tendency to talk about the Terror as if it was happening in a vacuum, but it was far from that. It's a little bit complicated, but it makes sense once you learn about it.</p> <p>To see the transcript of this episode, go to the <a href= "https://joinusinfrance.com/episode/what-happened-during-the-terror/%20%E2%80%8E" target="_blank" rel="noopener">show notes</a>.</p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href= "https://www.patreon.com/JoinUs" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Patreon</a> | <a href= "https://joinusinfrance.com/boutique/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Boutique</a> | <a href= "https://joinusinfrance.com/newsletter/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Newletter</a> | <a href= "https://www.booking.com/index.html?aid=954523" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Booking</a></p> <h3>Discussed in this Episode</h3> <ul> <li>The Terror is a construct [03:27]</li> <li>Repression linked to crisis [03:59]</li> <li>High-profile people were the victims of the repression in this case [07:14]</li> <li>Recalling Deputies who went against their mandates [09:00]</li> <li>Trouble with provincial bourgeoisie [10:19]</li> <li>This was the age of Revolutions and not just in France [11:55]</li> <li>Reforms made in 1793 and 1794 that were ahead of their time [12:59]</li> <li>The Terror was both the height of repression and of the democratic movement [14:02]</li> <li>Who's a Revolutionary and who's a Counter-Revolutionary? [14:47]</li> <li>Mirabeau and the Pantheon [15:33]</li> <li>The inability to be openly against the Revolution [17:10]</li> <li>The legislative branch over the executive branch [22:23]</li> <li>Revolutionary Tribunal [23:47]</li> <li>Representatives on mission [24:34]</li> <li>Arrests begin [26:17]</li> <li>Law of Prairial [27:15]</li> <li>The law of suspects [29:03]</li> <li>Fourty thousand fell during the Te