![]() ![]() The height of this myth is probably reached when the events are compared to Stalinism.Ī bit of context is therefore necessary to debunk some of these myths. In the worst of descriptions the "reign of terror" is supposed to have coincided with a personal dictatorship of Robespierre, who would have personally have had tyrannical control over the Committee of Public Safety, an organ described as having quasi-absolute power. It goes without saying that it is the modern sense of the word which is used, despite the sources being from the end of the 18th century. References to speeches of revolutionaries are used as sources, every mention of the word "terror" being a retroactive and definitive proof. Frequently, both on this forum, and elsewhere, I have seen allusions to a supposed "reign of terror" during the French Revolution which would have been intentionally implemented as a system of government. ![]()
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