FRENCH REVOLUTION
FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON
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Robespierre
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ancient regime
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guillotine
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Napoleonic Code
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Detailed explanation-1: -Use of an oblique blade and the pillory-like restraint device set this type of guillotine apart from others. Display of severed heads had long been one of the most common ways European sovereigns exhibited their power to their subjects.
Detailed explanation-2: -During the French Revolution, the guillotine became the primary symbol of the Reign of Terror and was used to execute thousands of people, including King Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette.
Detailed explanation-3: -Some common methods of execution at that time were boiling, burning at the stake, hanging, beheading, and drawing and quartering.
Detailed explanation-4: -The device soon became known as the “guillotine” after its advocate, and more than 10, 000 people lost their heads by guillotine during the Revolution, including Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, the former king and queen of France.
Detailed explanation-5: -It was originally developed as a more humane method of execution. The origins of the French guillotine date back to late-1789, when Dr. Joseph-Ignace Guillotin proposed that the French government adopt a gentler method of execution.