Revolutionary Tribunal

For other uses, see Revolutionary Tribunal (disambiguation).

The Tribunal, from La Démagogie en 1793 à Paris by Dauban (H. Plon; 1868)

The Revolutionary Tribunal (French: Tribunal révolutionnaire; unofficially Popular Tribunal)[1] was a court instituted by the National Convention during the French Revolution for the trial of political offenders. In October 1793, it became one of the most powerful engines of the period often called the Reign of Terror.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ David Andress (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of the French Revolution, Oxford University Press, 2015, p. 447.
  2. ^  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Revolutionary Tribunal, The". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 23 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 224.
  3. ^ Jean-Baptiste Fleuriot-Lescot
  4. ^ Rouillac. "ARCHIVES DE CHÂTEAUX, AUTOGRAPHES DOCUMENTS HISTORIQUES - Mardi 08 mars 2016 à Tours". www.rouillac.com (in French). Retrieved 11 February 2024.