Depending on who was looking, Maximilien Robespierre was either a hero or ... In the spring of 1794, leading the Jacobin revolution required Robespierre to be for the rule of law and for its ...

We often make historical parallels here. History doesn’t repeat itself but it does rhyme, as clever people say. And sometimes it hiccups. Here is a hiccup. We start with the moral and political ...

The short, violent life of Maximilien Robespierre was a mass of contradictions crowned with a supreme irony: this architect of the French Revolution's Reign of Terror ...

Through the life of Maximilien Robespierre, Misha Glenny explores the impact of the French Revolution and the period of violence known as the Terror. Show more On ...

The watchwords of the French Revolution were liberty, equality and fraternity. Maximilien Robespierre believed in them passionately. He was an idealist and a lover of humanity. But during the 365 ...