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The 44 pages that link to Maximilien Robespierre, each with the reason it gives.

• French RevolutionRelated: His influence and fall were closely tied to the Terror and its end.

• Reign of TerrorRelated: His political authority became closely associated with the Terror’s final phase.

• National ConventionRelated: His influence made him the most prominent target of the Convention’s Thermidorian revolt.

• Thermidorian ReactionRelated: His arrest and execution marked the coup’s decisive break with the Terror’s leadership.

• Georges DantonRelated: His political rivalry with Danton culminated in Danton’s arrest and execution.

• Committee of Public SafetyRelated: His rise to prominence within the committee shaped its later political identity.

• Jacques-Louis DavidRelated: David’s revolutionary commitments aligned him with Robespierre during the Reign of Terror.

• French First RepublicRelated: His fall in 1794 marked the end of the republic’s radical phase.

• Olympe de GougesRelated: De Gouges attacked his political faction and its concentration of power before her prosecution.

• Law of 22 PrairialRelated: Robespierre defended the law as a means of pursuing enemies of the Republic.

• Jean-Paul MaratRelated: Robespierre and Marat shared support for popular sovereignty but occupied distinct political roles.

• White TerrorRelated: His fall marked the turning point after which former Jacobins became targets.

• Paul BarrasRelated: Barras joined the coalition that overthrew Robespierre in the coup of 9 Thermidor.

• Lazare CarnotRelated: Carnot served on the same committee during the Reign of Terror, though their political roles differed.

• Louis Antoine de Saint-JustRelated: Saint-Just became Robespierre’s close political ally and defended his leadership.

• Revolutionary TribunalRelated: His political ascendancy coincided with the Tribunal’s intensification during the Terror.

• Bertrand BarèreRelated: Robespierre served alongside Barère on the Committee and later became his political adversary.

• Law of SuspectsRelated: His government operated during the law’s enforcement, though he was not its sole author.

• Emmanuel Joseph SieyèsRelated: Robespierre’s democratic and republican politics differed from Sieyès’s reliance on representation and institutional design.

• Joseph FouchéRelated: Fouché’s break with Robespierre helped precipitate the political crisis that brought Robespierre down.

• Camille DesmoulinsRelated: Robespierre was a longtime friend who ultimately supported the prosecution of Desmoulins.

• JacobinsRelated: Robespierre’s rise made him the club’s most influential public voice during the Republic.

• Jean-Lambert TallienRelated: Tallien became one of Robespierre’s most prominent opponents during the crisis of 9 Thermidor.

• Georges CouthonRelated: Couthon was Robespierre’s close political ally and shared his defense of revolutionary government.

• History of FranceRelated: His prominence illuminates the radical phase of the French Revolution.

• Republican factionRelated: His Jacobin faction pursued a radical republic during the French Revolution.

• Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-VarenneRelated: Billaud-Varenne helped bring Robespierre down in Thermidor, after both had served on the Committee.

• Stanislas-Marie MaillardRelated: Robespierre's later influence illustrates the revolutionary political order that followed Maillard's prominence.

• Anacharsis ClootsRelated: Robespierre denounced Cloots as a foreign conspirator during the Terror.

• André ChénierRelated: Chénier’s political criticism unfolded under the revolutionary government associated with Robespierre.

• Augustin RobespierreRelated: Augustin’s elder brother, political ally, and the central figure in the Thermidorian overthrow.

• Cult of ReasonRelated: Robespierre opposed the Cult’s atheism and helped displace it with the Supreme Being.

• François HanriotRelated: Hanriot served the Montagnard leadership associated with Robespierre and fell with it in Thermidor.

• Honoré Gabriel RiquetiRelated: Robespierre criticized Mirabeau’s political compromises and later benefited from the revolutionary suspicion they intensified.

• Jean-Marie Collot d'HerboisRelated: Collot served alongside Robespierre on the Committee, though they differed over revolutionary policy.