http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/10/31/1793-girondins-girondists-pierre-vergniaud/ Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:42:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/10/31/1793-girondins-girondists-pierre-vergniaud/#comment-6707 ExecutedToday.com » 1793: Charlotte Corday, Marat’s murderess Fri, 17 Jul 2009 07:26:37 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=4#comment-6707 [...] has killed us,” prophesied Girondin deputy Pierre Vergniaud. “But she has taught us how to [...] [...] has killed us,” prophesied Girondin deputy Pierre Vergniaud. “But she has taught us how to [...]

]]> http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/10/31/1793-girondins-girondists-pierre-vergniaud/#comment-4295 ExecutedToday.com » 1795: Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville, Robespierre’s prosecutor Thu, 07 May 2009 05:12:36 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=4#comment-4295 [...] The Girondists. [...] [...] The Girondists. [...]

]]> http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/10/31/1793-girondins-girondists-pierre-vergniaud/#comment-4064 ExecutedToday.com » 1794: Maximilien Robespierre, Saint-Just and the Jacobin leadership Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:57:35 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=4#comment-4064 [...] a constitutional monarchy heir to all the monstrosity of the ancien regime, the government of the Girondins who had launched the nearly fatal war against Austria, or that of Danton’s haute bourgeoisie [...] [...] a constitutional monarchy heir to all the monstrosity of the ancien regime, the government of the Girondins who had launched the nearly fatal war against Austria, or that of Danton’s haute bourgeoisie [...]

]]> http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/10/31/1793-girondins-girondists-pierre-vergniaud/#comment-2199 ExecutedToday.com » 1793: Olympe de Gouges, a head of her time Mon, 03 Nov 2008 06:01:33 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=4#comment-2199 [...] her battles with injustice, and the Terror was a bad period to be indiscriminate. Like some of her Girondist associates, she risked the Paris mob’s wrath by openly opposing Louis XVI’s execution [...] [...] her battles with injustice, and the Terror was a bad period to be indiscriminate. Like some of her Girondist associates, she risked the Paris mob’s wrath by openly opposing Louis XVI’s execution [...]

]]> http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/10/31/1793-girondins-girondists-pierre-vergniaud/#comment-2072 ExecutedToday.com » Themed Set: Thermidor Fri, 31 Oct 2008 06:19:52 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=4#comment-2072 [...] the Revolution were eclipsed successively the Bourbon monarchy, the Constitutionalist Assembly, the Girondin liberals, Marat, Danton … culminating in the bloody hegemony of Robespierre and the fatal [...] [...] the Revolution were eclipsed successively the Bourbon monarchy, the Constitutionalist Assembly, the Girondin liberals, Marat, Danton … culminating in the bloody hegemony of Robespierre and the fatal [...]

]]> http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/10/31/1793-girondins-girondists-pierre-vergniaud/#comment-2071 ExecutedToday.com » 1793: Louis XVI Fri, 31 Oct 2008 06:18:16 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=4#comment-2071 [...] In fact, the freshly-constituted National Convention, spinning ad hoc rules for the treatment of its royal prisoner all along, was an arena for savage power struggles likewise contested at arms throughout the country. Louis’ death was the blow struck by the Convention’s radical Mountain — Robespierre* and Marat’s base — against the divided opposition of the Gironde. [...] [...] In fact, the freshly-constituted National Convention, spinning ad hoc rules for the treatment of its royal prisoner all along, was an arena for savage power struggles likewise contested at arms throughout the country. Louis’ death was the blow struck by the Convention’s radical Mountain — Robespierre* and Marat’s base — against the divided opposition of the Gironde. [...]

]]> http://www.executedtoday.com/2008/10/31/1793-girondins-girondists-pierre-vergniaud/#comment-2070 ExecutedToday.com » 1794: Georges Danton and his followers Fri, 31 Oct 2008 06:17:23 +0000 http://www.executedtoday.com/?p=4#comment-2070 [...] many before him, most especially the Girondins who had (fatally to both parties) scorned an alliance with the Dantonists, Danton sought to arrest [...] [...] many before him, most especially the Girondins who had (fatally to both parties) scorned an alliance with the Dantonists, Danton sought to arrest [...]

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