Video: 'Terror: Robespierre and the French Revolution' (parts 1-6)

(Thursday, September 5, 1793, during the French Revolution) — The Reign of Terror, a period of violence that occurred after the onset of the French Revolution, incited by conflict between rival political factions and marked by mass executions of “enemies of the revolution,” began today as the National Convention instituted harsh measures to repress counter-revolutionary activities. Continue reading Reign of Terror begins during French Revolution 220 years ago today (1793) →