Maximilien Robespierre

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This paper examines how Maximilien Robespierre is by far the most controversial figure in the French Revolution and how the regime of Robespierre produced overwhelming turmoil, confusion and anarchy in France. It looks at how a man, best known as the Incorruptible, led a nation to overthrow the present monarchy, instituted a new religion, and committed such atrocities while declaring liberty, fraternity and equality. It also discusses how Robespierre rose to unimaginable heights shouting such ideals to the French masses and how in the end, only succeeded in brutally extinguishing these admirable principles.

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"The beginning of the eighteenth century saw the reign of the Bourbon Kings, which began an unprecedented amount of responsibility for Ruling France. Prior to this regime, the monarch was in continuous revolt with the nobles throughout France. The Bourbon Kings were no longer sharing responsibility with the princes, dukes, and counts. The functioning of the government was an unstable balance between the King, the royal bureaucracy and local elites, consisting of nobles and non-nobles, who made money from land, investments, and wholesale commerce. At the time of Robespierre's birth, Louis XV was ruling France."

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