HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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Nobles
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No one
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Revolutionaries
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Robespierre
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Detailed explanation-1: -During the Reign of Terror, who was safe from the guillotine? No one was safe, as many as 40, 000 were executed during the French Revolution. The nobility was safe because they had guards and money.
Detailed explanation-2: -Although it delivered a grisly end – by slicing off its victim’s head, death by guillotine was quick and humane. During the ‘Reign of Terror’ in France, as many as 40, 000 people were executed by ‘Madame Guillotine’.
Detailed explanation-3: -One of the most famous victims of the Reign of Terror was Marie Antoinette (opens in new tab), the deposed queen of France. She was tried by the Revolutionary Tribunal on Oct. 14, 1793, and executed two days later.
Detailed explanation-4: -Henri Admirat. Henriette Anne Louise d’Aguesseau. Charles-Louis Antiboul. Eustache Charles d’Aoust. André-Elzéard d’Arbaud de Jouques II. Anne de Noailles (1729–1794) Jean-François Autié