KnowraReign of TerrorLinked fromLinked fromThe 57 pages that link to Reign of Terror, each with the reason it gives.All 57Broader topic 15Related 23Narrower topic 16Compared with 3French RevolutionBroader topic: Wartime emergency and factional conflict drove the republic toward coercive rule.TerrorismBroader topic: The word terrorism entered political vocabulary through this episode of state violence.National ConventionBroader topic: The Convention’s emergency government and political purges defined this period.Committee of Public SafetyBroader topic: The committee became the central executive institution governing this period.French First RepublicBroader topic: It shows how the republic’s emergency government suppressed perceived enemies.State terrorismBroader topic: The episode gave political terror a lasting name and linked it to revolutionary government.Political imprisonmentBroader topic: Revolutionary authorities used tribunals and imprisonment against people deemed enemies of the republic.Joséphine de BeauharnaisBroader topic: Joséphine was imprisoned during this period, and her first husband was executed.JacobinsBroader topic: The Terror became the most enduring and disputed consequence of Jacobin dominance.A Tale of Two CitiesBroader topic: Its tribunals and executions shape the novel’s second half and Carton’s final act.Madame du BarryBroader topic: Du Barry was arrested and executed during this phase of revolutionary rule.Albert SoboulBroader topic: Soboul interpreted the Terror in relation to revolutionary pressures and popular mobilization.André ChénierBroader topic: Chénier was imprisoned and executed during this phase of the Revolution.François Victor Alphonse AulardBroader topic: Aulard’s interpretation challenged accounts that reduced this period to personal dictatorship.History of terrorismBroader topic: The French Revolution gave “terrorism” its political name through violence exercised by the state.