Thermidorian Retention and Reform of the Tribunal
- When
- August 1794
- Where
- Paris, seat of the Revolutionary Tribunal
After Thermidor the Tribunal survived initial expectations of abolition, but the Prairial Laws were revoked and its judges were replaced.
Following the coup of Thermidor in July 1794, some people expected the Revolutionary Tribunal to be abolished, but this did not happen. On 1 August 1794 (14 Thermidor Year II) the Prairial Laws were revoked, returning the burden of proof against suspects to the prosecution. Soon afterwards all of the Tribunal's judges were replaced, and local surveillance committees were curtailed to twelve in Paris and one per district elsewhere.
Sources
- Revolutionary Tribunal Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-22
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