The Coming of the Terror in the French Revolution

I think this is a fantastic example of how to write about history. Timothy Tackett keeps the book anchored around a specific question - what caused The Terror of 1793 and 1794? - but he's broad enough in his scope to answer other questions he may not even be aware we're asking. For instance, you get......more

another book about the French revolution, this time focused on the political processes that led to the Terror of 1793-94 and the famous show trials (King, Girondins, Hebertists, Dantonists etc) and mass executions that culminated with the fall of Robespierre and the final showdown of strength betwee......more

Tackett, Timothy. The Coming of the Terror in the French Revolution, The Belknap Press, Harvard University, Cambridge MA and London, 2015 (463pp.$35) The scramble by historians and to unscramble the “meaning” of terror in the French revolution commenced as soon as heads began to roll. The French midd......more

Tackett's "The Coming of the Terror in the French Revolution" is a comprehensive prologue to the Terror of 1793-94, demonstrating that the violence and bloodshed under the National Convention was bubbling just below, and sometimes at, the surface in past iterations of the Revolution. More than any i......more

Ihan ok yleisesitys siitä, miten Ranskan vallankumous päätyi terrorin kauteen. Juurikaan tämä ei kuitenkaan pysty antamaan aiheeseen mitään kovin uutta, jos tapahtumat ovat tuttuja edes pääpiirteissään. Tackett päätyy selostamaan tapahtumien pääasiallista kulkua aika tavanomaiseen tapaan mutta toisa......more