Episode 5 of 5
End of the Reign of Terror
- When
- late July 1794, ten days after 17 July 1794
- Where
- Paris
Ten days after the execution, Maximilien Robespierre was executed, ending the Reign of Terror; contemporaries credited the nuns' deaths with hastening that end.
Ten days after the sixteen Carmelites were executed, Maximilien Robespierre himself was executed, ending the Reign of Terror. French Catholics of the time believed that the public executions of the nuns "helped bring about the end to the horrors of the revolution" and hastened the end of the Terror.
Sources
- Martyrs of Compiègne Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-03
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