Revolutionary Tribunal (oct 29, 1793 – sep 5, 1795)
Description:
court instituted by the National Convention during the French Revolution for the trial of political offenders. It eventually became one of the most powerful engines of the Reign of Terror.17,000 people were sentenced and beheaded by some form of revolutionary court in France (in Paris or in the provinces), in addition to some 25,000 others who were summarily executed in the September Massacres, retributions in the War in the Vendée and elsewhere. The Paris Revolutionary Tribunal was responsible for 16% of all death sentences.
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Date:
oct 29, 1793
sep 5, 1795
~ 1 years and 10 months