Remembering 9 Thermidor, the End of the Terror
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- Опубліковано 16 жов 2024
- 9 Thermidor marked a pivotal moment in the French Revolution, overthrowing the Jacobin regime and ending the Reign of Terror. This event highlighted the conflict between revolutionary ideals and extreme authoritarian measures. Despite its complexities, the fall of Robespierre on July 27, 1794, is seen as a triumph over tyranny masquerading as progressive policies.
📆 00:00:14 The French National Convention ended the Jacobin regime and the Reign of Terror on 9 Thermidor.
🗡️ 00:02:21 Ongoing debate exists about whether the Revolution's violence was inevitable or historically driven, highlighting economic and leadership issues.
📉 00:07:22 Nearly 500,000 people were arrested, and thousands executed during the Terror's harsh repression.
⚖️ 00:15:04 Escalating trials and executions during the Terror often lacked substantial evidence.
🚪 00:18:36 The session of nine Thermidor led to the downfall of Robespierre.
🔄 00:25:01 Despite the end of the Reign of Terror, unstable governance continued until Napoleon's rise.
⚔️ 25:29 Repressions targeted various groups, while economic issues plagued post-Terror France.
🧨 26:34 Some historians defend the Terror as necessary for revolution, though the cruelty is evident.
🇺🇸 29:57 U.S. interest helped save some from execution during the Terror.
🕊️ 32:13 The view that the Terror saved the Republic is debated among historians.
📉 34:02 The Terror slowed liberal development in Europe, continuing even after threats were neutralized.
📚 35:40 Robespierre and Saint-Just's rhetoric hinted at totalitarian ideas, claiming virtue through terror.
📜 37:56 The Thermidor coup is seen as overcoming tyranny, though those involved were complex figures.
This video is a narration of Cathy Young's essay in Quillette: quillette.com/...
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Remarkably detailed account of the "Terror". I must say I glad that Laclos managed to escape the guillotine, since a few years before the Revolution, he describes the abject corruption of the aristocracy in his novel "Dangereuses Liaisons". I'm always amazed that not only was Fouche was spared the guillotine but that he went on to be Napoleon's
Chief of police. However his penchant for vigorous prosecutions, almost sent him into exile.
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00:00:14 *📆 The French National Convention ended the Jacobin regime and the Reign of Terror on 9 Thermidor.*
00:02:21 *🗡️ Ongoing debate exists about whether the Revolution's violence was inevitable or historically driven, highlighting economic and leadership issues.*
00:07:22 *📉 Nearly 500,000 people were arrested, and thousands executed during the Terror's harsh repression.*
00:15:04 *⚖️ Escalating trials and executions during the Terror often lacked substantial evidence.*
00:18:36 *🚪 The session of nine Thermidor led to the downfall of Robespierre.*
00:25:01 *🔄 Despite the end of the Reign of Terror, unstable governance continued until Napoleon's rise.*
25:29 *⚔️ Repressions targeted various groups, while economic issues plagued post-Terror France.*
26:34 *🧨 Some historians defend the Terror as necessary for revolution, though the cruelty is evident.*
29:57 *🇺🇸 U.S. interest helped save some from execution during the Terror.*
32:13 *🕊️ The view that the Terror saved the Republic is debated among historians.*
34:02 *📉 The Terror slowed liberal development in Europe, continuing even after threats were neutralized.*
35:40 *📚 Robespierre and Saint-Just's rhetoric hinted at totalitarian ideas, claiming virtue through terror.*
37:56 *📜 The Thermidor coup is seen as overcoming tyranny, though those involved were complex figures.*
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God bless Cathy Young. Powerhouse.
When I was young I often wondered why the Anglosphere was so hard on the French. Then I learned their history.
Who is the sexy voice and did I meet him at the Sydney Social?!?
William Laing. He was indeed at the Social.
The problem of this analysis, fascinating though it is, is that it is itself ahistoric i.e. Thermidor ended the terror. Formally true but fails to mention that widespread white terror was instituted throughout France as part of the reaction. Thence we have the the comparison with the Great Terror in Stalinist Russia. A poor example. If a comparison should be employed it should be with the early Red Terror employed by the Bolshevik government during the civil war period. The Stalinist terror was, in fact, an outcome of the Stalinist Thermadorian reaction itself which replaced the earlier revolutionary regime of Lenin and Trotsky. The main group who were the first victims of Stalin's terror were the old leadership of the Bolshevik party.
Was that meant to be a Prussian flag?
These race grifters are so tiresome.