The Reign of Terror, commonly The Terror, was a period of the French Revolution when, following the creation of the First French Republic, a series of massacres and numerous public executions took place in response to revolutionary fervour, anticlerical sentiment, and accusations of treason by the Committee of Public Safety. There is disagreement among historians over when exactly "the Terror" began. Some consider it to have begun only in 1793, giving the date as either 5 September, June or March, when the Revolutionary Tribunal came into existence. Others, however, cite the earlier time of the September Massacres in 1792, or even July 1789, when the first killing of the revolution occurred. The term of "Terror" to describe the period was introduced by the Thermidorian Reaction who took power after the fall of Maximilien Robespierre in July 1794, to discredit Robespierre and justify their actions.
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Bals des victimes - The Bals des victimes, or victims' balls, were balls that were said to have been put on by dancing societies after the Reign of Terror. To be admitted to these societies and balls, one had to be a near relative of someone who had been guillotined during the Terror.. Infernal columns - The infernal columns were operations led by the French revolutionary general Louis Marie Turreau in the War in the Vendée, after the failure of the Royalist Virée de Galerne. Following the passage on 1 August 1793 and 1 October 1793 by the National Convention of laws.. Tricoteuse - Tricoteuse is French for a knitting woman. Amongst the items they knitted was the famous liberty cap or Phrygian cap.. Drownings at Nantes - The drownings at Nantes were a series of mass executions by drowning during the Reign of Terror in Nantes, France, that occurred between November 1793 and February 1794.. State terrorism - State terrorism refers to acts of terrorism which a state conducts against another state or against its own citizens.. People killed in the French Revolution.. French First Republic.. Political repression in France.. Terrorist incidents in France.. Police misconduct in France.. Revolution terminology.. Anti-Catholicism in France.. Politicides.. Terrorism.. Persecution of Christians.. Political and cultural purges.
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