What happened during the Terror? Episode 367

Join Us in France Travel Podcast

Annie Sargent

Places & Travel, Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2021

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

The Terror (1793-1794) is a confusing part of the French Revolution. What happened? What started it? Why? Historian Suzanne Levin explains and gives us the context we need to understand these events. There is a tendency to talk about the Terror as if it was happening in a vacuum, but it was far from that. It's a little bit complicated, but it makes sense once you learn about it.

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Discussed in this Episode

The Terror is a construct [03:27]
Repression linked to crisis [03:59]
High-profile people were the victims of the repression in this case [07:14]
Recalling Deputies who went against their mandates [09:00]
Trouble with provincial bourgeoisie [10:19]
This was the age of Revolutions and not just in France [11:55]
Reforms made in 1793 and 1794 that were ahead of their time [12:59]
The Terror was both the height of repression and of the democratic movement [14:02]
Who's a Revolutionary and who's a Counter-Revolutionary? [14:47]
Mirabeau and the Pantheon [15:33]
The inability to be openly against the Revolution [17:10]
The legislative branch over the executive branch [22:23]
Revolutionary Tribunal [23:47]
Representatives on mission [24:34]
Arrests begin [26:17]
Law of Prairial [27:15]
The law of suspects [29:03]
Fourty thousand fell during the Terror [30:33]
The role and donwfall of Robespierre [33:44]
Why was Robbespierre arrested [37:17]
Was Robespierre a dictator? [43:42]
Why did the legend of the Terror persist? [44:51]

Transcript

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0:00.0	This is, Join Us in France, episode 367.
0:04.0	3. Soxons Saint-Sois-Ansette.
0:06.0	Bonjoure, I'm Annie Sargent, and join us in France is the podcast where we talk about France.
0:11.0	Great places to visit in France. French culture, history, gastronomy, and news related to travel during the pandemic. Today I bring you a conversation with Dr. Suzanne Levin and you'll see her extraordinary ability
0:26.1	to explain a dark moment in the French Revolution, the terror.
0:31.5	Many of us are totally baffled by what happened in 1793 and 1794, but Dr. Levin
0:37.7	shines the right kind of light on this whole thing, and I think you're going to enjoy this episode. The French
0:44.0	expression of the week is going to be I'll pedal in the sumoula. This is a fun one. I'll
0:50.1	explain in a bit. The State Department has raised the level for travel to
0:54.5	France to level four which is do not travel. I'll talk about that after my
0:59.6	chat with Suzanne. If you like what we do here at join us in France, consider supporting us by visiting
1:05.9	join us in France.com slash boutique. To check out my cookbook, join us at the table, my Paris Tours on the Voicemap app, and my very popular itinerary review
1:17.3	service where I help you craft the best vacation in France specifically for you.
1:22.3	You'll be able to purchase your own itinerary planning service after December 26. Follow addicted to France on Instagram to see the photos I took on the
1:33.3	Instagram to see the photos I took on the top floor of the Carnavele Museum in Paris,
1:35.3	which is all about the French Revolution.
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1:44.6	for slash newsletter. Oh, The Bonjour Suzanne and welcome to join us in France.
2:17.0	Bonjour, Suzanne, and welcome to join us in France.
2:21.0	Bonjour, thank you. I'm happy to be here.
2:24.0	So welcome back, I should have said, because you were on the show last week where you told us, you brought
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