document signed robespierre during reign di robespierre (1 risultati)

MAXIMILIEN ROBESPIERRE (1758-1794). Robespierre was a member of the Committee of Public Safety during the French Revolution. Robespierre and his Mountain political allies dramatically remade the French government, including by abolishing slavery and instituting a new anticlerical calendar, and they executed real and perceived critics of their reign. Estimates range from 35,000 to over 45,000 casualties of the Reign of Terror, which lasted until Robespierres execution on July 28, 1794, signaling the beginning of the end of terror as a public policy.DS. 1 pg. 8 x 10. August 5, 1793. Nice. A partially printed document signed Robespierre and Ricord in French: IN THE NAME OF THE REPUBLIC. THE PEOPLES REPRESENTATIVES DEPUTIES FROM THE NATIONAL CONVENTION TO THE ARMY OF ITALY. Resolve and direct that the 1,700 loads of wheat that they have ordered the Municipality of Sainte-Agnes to transport to Antibes should be deposited in the storehouses of the Subsistances Militaires for the use of the Army. This document was written during the French Revolution, specifically the height of the Reign of Terror. In the face of an anti-revolutionary backlash, foreign invasion, and tension within the revolutionary movement over the best steps forward, internal violence and terror became commonplace during this period from September of 1793 to July 1794. The identity of the other signatory is unknown, though it is likely a political ally of Robespierre and perhaps a member of the Committee of Public Safety. The seal of the Committee of Public Safety appears in the bottom left. The document is in excellent condition and comes with an English translation.