Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . ention ordered his arrest.^ He called upon theCommune to defend him, but the Convention roused Paris 1 It should not be forgotten that very few of the people at Paris stood in anyfear of the guillotine. The city during the Reign of Terror was not the gloomyplace that we might imagine. Never did the inhabitants appear happier, neverwere the theaters and restaurants more crowded. The guillotine was makingaway with the enemies of liberty, so the women wore ti
Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . ention ordered his arrest.^ He called upon theCommune to defend him, but the Convention roused Paris 1 It should not be forgotten that very few of the people at Paris stood in anyfear of the guillotine. The city during the Reign of Terror was not the gloomyplace that we might imagine. Never did the inhabitants appear happier, neverwere the theaters and restaurants more crowded. The guillotine was makingaway with the enemies of liberty, so the women wore tiny guillotines as ornaments,and the children were given toy guillotines and amused themselves decapitatingthe figures of aristocrats. 2 The date of Robespierres fall is generally known as the Ninth of Ther-midor, the day and month of the republican calendar. Tlic French Revolution 5^3 against the Commune, which was no longer powerful enoughto intimidate the whole city, and he and his supporters weresent to the guillotine. In successfully overthrowing Robespierre, the Conventionand Committee of Public Safetv had rid the country of the. Fig. 143. DANTON Danton was in favor of a policy of terror only so long as France wasreally in peril. He thought that the Terror was necessary in order tosuppress rebellion and conspiracies; but when he tried to stop it,Robespierres party claimed that he had himself turned traitor to theJacobin ideal, since that was not yet attained only man, who, owing to his popularity and his reputation for Reactionuprightness, could have prolonged the Reign of Terror. There overthrow owas an immediate reaction after his death, for the country was Robespierreweary of executions. The Revolutionary Tribunal henceforthconvicted very few indeed of those who were brought before , it turned upon those who had themselves been the 524 Medieval and Modem Times Constitutionof theYear Three The dissolu-tion of theConvention,October, 1795its achieve-ments leaders
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