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Maximilien Marie Isidore de Robespierre was born at Arras, May 6, 1758. He was admitted avocat in 1781, and was elected to the Estates General in 1789 by Artois. He attached himself to the extreme ...
Robespierre, Maximilien Marie Isidore. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07 ... Robespierre was elected to the States-General of 1789, ... Although it was a collective effort, ...
Excerpts from French revolutionary Maximilien Robespierre's speech "Justification of the Use of Terror." ... Modern History Sourcebook: Maximilien Robespierre: Justification of the Use of Terror
This is a speech given by Maximilien Robespierre on February 1794. ... Modern History Sourcebook: Maximilien Robespierre: On the Principles of Political Morality, February 1794
This webpage discusses the irony of the bloody French Revolution and its initial failure. ... But the French Revolution ironically was a failed revolution: Liberté, ...
Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre (IPA: [maksimiljɛ̃ fʁɑ̃swa maʁi izidɔʁ də ʁɔbɛspjɛʁ]); (6 May 1758 – 28 July 1794) is one of the best-known figures of the French Revolution. He studied at College of Louis-le-Grand in Paris and became a lawyer. His supporters called...
"He was not only the greatest figure of the Revolution, but of all history."---George Sand "He created them sinners and I take their sin upon me"-Robespierre, ... When the Revolution broke out, ...
The lessons of the first totalitarian revolution Spring 2006 ... They are the characteristic scourges of humanity in modern times, but Robespierre has a good claim to being the first. ... Having secured Paris, ...
Georges Danton and Maximilien Robespierre dominated the new government, with Robespierre gradually gaining over Danton and others. Price and wage maximums were unevenly enforced, and acceptance of the ...
Maximilien de Robespierre - biographical site...