The Great Terror

GPTKB entity

Statements (75)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Robespierre
gptkbp:caused_by widespread fear
gptkbp:depicted_in gptkb:the_Jacobins
gptkbp:enacted_by gptkb:Law_of_Suspects
gptkbp:ends_at 1794
gptkbp:established gptkb:Committee_of_Public_Safety
gptkbp:facilitates the Revolutionary Tribunal
the revolutionary fervor
the political climate
the revolutionary fervor.
the revolutionary zeal
gptkbp:followed_by the Thermidorian Reaction
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Great Terror
gptkbp:influenced totalitarian regimes
gptkbp:influenced_by the Enlightenment ideas
the War of the First Coalition
the revolutionary ideology
the Jacobin ideology
the revolutionary context
gptkbp:is_aimed_at counter-revolutionaries
the political elite
the aristocracy
the revolutionary leaders
consolidating power
eliminating opposition
gptkbp:is_characterized_by gptkb:political_organization
political purges
state-sponsored violence
state terror
extreme measures
mass paranoia
gptkbp:is_criticized_for historical scholars
modern historians
its moral implications
its lack of due process
its excesses
contemporary observers
gptkbp:is_documented_in gptkb:archaeological_site
gptkb:historical_figure
historical archives
eyewitness accounts
gptkbp:is_involved_in gptkb:drug
gptkbp:is_known_for its brutality
gptkbp:is_motivated_by revolutionary ideals
the need for security
gptkbp:is_opposed_by gptkb:Girondins
gptkb:the_Thermidorians
the clergy
the bourgeoisie
the moderates
the intellectuals
gptkbp:is_part_of the radical phase of the Revolution
gptkbp:is_studied_in gptkb:history_courses
gptkbp:is_supported_by gptkb:the_sans-culottes
gptkbp:led_to gptkb:Reign_of_Terror
the fall of Robespierre
gptkbp:occurs_in 1793
gptkbp:part_of gptkb:French_Revolution
gptkbp:resulted_in thousands executed
gptkbp:was_affecting the legal system
the revolutionary government
political dissenters
the social fabric
the national psyche
the French populace
gptkbp:was_marked_by mass executions
political executions
political trials
public executions
fear and suspicion
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Maximilien_Robespierre
gptkb:Puss_in_Boots
gptkb:Gulag:_A_History
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4