The commoners or Third Estate had the largest number of victims, but the Catholic Clergy lost the highest percentage.
the guillotine because it was used so often during the reign of terror and most of all the Great terror, which occurred during the reign of terror
The "Reign of Terror".
A historical aberration.
Robespierre.
reign of terror
Most estimates are between 20 and 40,000 people.
Absolutely Not. He was the one who started most of it!
The Reign of Terror was a period of violence during the French Revolution. It lasted from September, 1793 to July 1794 and is named for the many executions of those denounced as "enemies of the state", mainly in Paris but also in other areas of France. Most were guillotined (beheaded), as were King Louis XVI and his wife, Marie Antoinette, earlier in 1793.
The Jacobin Club, the most radical political club, was composed mainly of Parisian residents. The Reign of Terror was instituted by two Jacobin leaders, Maximilien Robespierre and Louis Antoine Saint-Just.
During the Reign of Terror between 1793 and 1794.
The reign of terror was important for the banking agenda and the politics involved. For the citizens it was a real no hope situation. Even if the guillotine was the fastest and the most humane method to kill a prisoner, the movement itself was not needed. It was an irrational idea.
The reign of terror was incited by a conflict between rival political factions, the Girondins and the Jacobins. The Jacobins gained control of the committee of public safety, and at this point Maximilien Robespierre made his entrance quickly becoming the most influential member of the Committee as it moved to take radical measures against the Revolution's domestic and foreign enemies. The reign of terror was located in Paris..