Reign of Terror

GPTKB entity

Statements (131)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:historical_events
gptkbp:aims_to_improve moderates
royalists
foreign enemies
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:French_Revolution
gptkb:Committee_of_Public_Safety
gptkb:Revolutionary_Tribunal
gptkb:Jacobin_Club
gptkb:Law_of_Suspects
sans-culottes
gptkbp:casualties gptkb:Georges_Danton
gptkb:Marie_Antoinette
gptkb:Olympe_de_Gouges
gptkbp:caused_by political instability
gptkbp:characterized_by political purges
gptkbp:created climate of fear
gptkbp:created_fear among the populace
gptkbp:created_fear_among the populace
gptkbp:depicted_in gptkb:historical_texts
gptkb:documentaries
gptkb:films
gptkbp:end_date July 28, 1794
gptkbp:ended gptkb:Thermidorian_Reaction
1794
fall of Robespierre
gptkbp:ends_in_year 1794
gptkbp:established revolutionary tribunals
gptkbp:historical_significance demonstrated extremes of revolutionary fervor
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Reign of Terror
gptkbp:influenced modern political thought
subsequent revolutions
gptkbp:influenced_by Enlightenment ideas
gptkbp:inspired totalitarian regimes
future revolutions
gptkbp:involved gptkb:Committee_of_Public_Safety
mass executions
mass arrests
public executions
gptkbp:is_considered a cautionary tale
gptkbp:is_criticized_for gptkb:philosopher
gptkb:political_repression
gptkb:historical_figures
human rights violations
lack of due process
contemporary philosophers
extreme measures
excessive violence
the loss of civil liberties
the culture of fear
gptkbp:is_documented_in gptkb:historical_texts
gptkb:historical_narratives
gptkb:historical_accounts
letters and reports
eyewitness accounts
memoirs
contemporary historians
gptkbp:is_led_by gptkb:Maximilien_Robespierre
gptkbp:is_motivated_by internal dissent
the need for security
the revolutionary government
the threat of invasion
gptkbp:is_opposed_by gptkb:Girondins
the clergy
the bourgeoisie
moderates
the National Convention
the moderates
royalists
gptkbp:is_referenced_in gptkb:popular_culture
gptkbp:is_significant_for French history
gptkbp:is_studied_in gptkb:history_courses
gptkbp:is_targeted_at counter-revolutionaries
gptkbp:led_to rise of Napoleon Bonaparte
the fall of Robespierre
censorship of dissent
rise of the Directory
gptkbp:location gptkb:France
gptkbp:occurs_annually 1793
gptkbp:occurs_in 1793
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:French_Revolution
gptkbp:promoted radical republicanism
gptkbp:resulted_in thousands executed
execution of thousands
gptkbp:saw_the_rise_of radical political factions
gptkbp:start_date September 5, 1793
gptkbp:uses gptkb:guillotine
gptkbp:utilized gptkb:guillotine
gptkbp:was_affecting gptkb:prison
women and children
the judiciary
the clergy
the economy
social classes
the political landscape
the social order
gptkbp:was_characterized_by mass hysteria
state-sponsored violence
fear and paranoia
the suppression of dissent
political radicalism
the rise of radicalism
gptkbp:was_followed_by gptkb:Thermidorian_Reaction
the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte
gptkbp:was_influenced_by gptkb:the_Enlightenment
gptkb:the_American_Revolution
the revolutionary ideals
foreign wars
the political climate
gptkbp:was_marked_by gptkb:Law_of_Suspects
gptkb:social_upheaval
mass executions
economic hardship
political executions
political trials
public executions
executions of nobles
the execution of Marie Antoinette
the execution of Danton
gptkbp:was_supported_by gptkb:revolution
gptkb:Jacobins
the revolutionary government
the revolutionary leaders
sans-culottes
the radical factions
the revolutionary army
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:the_French_Revolution
gptkb:First_French_Republic
gptkb:French_Revolution
gptkb:Paris
gptkb:Louis_XVI
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4