When I lived in China, a lot of my teachers had survived the Cultural Revolution in their 20's (this was the 90's). When they would talk about it, which wasn't often, they told horrific stories. One of my teachers had been an English teacher when the revolution started. Because of that, she was sent to a "reeducation camp" in the far north of China where she was forced to work outside in fields all day. Her hands and face bore frostbite scars and she clearly had PTSD from the experience. She had just had her first daughter, and they forced her to carry the baby on her back while she worked. She would steal/barter for extra cloth (blankets, old clothes, whatever she could get) to keep the baby warm. So that the baby would have enough to eat, she would chew up her own food and spit it out to give to the baby. (the baby was fine by the way, and one of my good friends). My other teacher was an older man who had to watch his entire family be killed off one by one because they were "counter revolutionary intellectuals." The Cultural Revolution would be a great subject for this channel. And guys, don't even think "it can't happen here." It absolutely can happen anywhere. Get out and vote.
Yep, similar story. The head of my Geography department, who eventually became my academic advisor, was pursuing her PhD in China when she got... sidetracked for 11 years and forced to work in a machine tool factory. The sharp mind that served her so well in academia brought her unwanted attention in that she got promoted to being a foreperson on the factory floor, which meant more work and more scrutiny. Definitely not the happiest time in her life, and the effectiveness of converting her to CCP ideology was evidenced by the fact that she fled at the first opportunity and spent the rest of her life in the US. It was also interesting to see how the time had changed her physically, because she was about 5'2" but hand two bear paws for hands after all of the work she'd done.
The founder of the school I teach for lived through all of this. Her father in hiding, constantly in worry over whether he would be found or her brother would be taken away... Because of this, and there are records of her throughout and afterwards based on her on accounts in diaries, she likely suffered anxiety, depression brought on by PTSD. She was an amazing woman despite her suffering and possibly that experience played a great part in her life as a teacher.❤ Thanks for sharing about this!
I love how every single time people got enormous power their first act was to silence or murder the opposition. Nobody should be allowed to have that much power.
A dude enters a bookstore in Paris and asks if they have a copy of the French Constitution. The bookseller laughs and says, “I’m sorry, Monsieur, we don’t carry periodicals.”
If Simon hasn't done a video on Antoine "Father of Chemistry" Lavoisier, he should. For Lavoisier, the end of the Reign came two months too late. He was later exonerated. His widow Marie-Ann (who married him at 13) worked hard to make sure he received credit for his research and discoveries.
Sources speculate that, given the almost constant executions (~ 40,000), the ground of the Place de la Revolution (now the Place de la Concorde) would have been literally soggy from the blood, not to mention the ever increasing odor, rather like an abandoned slaughterhouse. Great episode! [Edited for spelling error.]
Mark Twain wrote, "“There were two ‘Reigns of Terror,’ if we would but remember and consider it; the one wrought murder in hot passion, the other in heartless cold blood; the one lasted mere months, the other lasted a thousand years; the one inflicted death upon ten thousand persons, the other upon a hundred millions...”. Those who think that by appropriating for themselves the wealth of a nation without considering what happens when you leave people without hope might wish to think again. The middle class holds a nation together. When it becomes a very few ultrawealthy and a vast host of the impoverished, there can only be one outcome. I am not a communist, I am a student of history.
The French Revolution and the reign of terror are things I definitely remember learning about in history class in high school almost everything else I can't remember if I learned it in school or from watching Simon's various channels
La Terreur inspired a contemporary political philosopher to coin the saying "Like Saturn, revolution devours it's own children" It was true before and still is.
@@michaelimbesi2314 It did. It's just one of the things american history teachers don't like to talk about. A lot of people who fought in the revolution got the Bad End afterwards, ending destitute and dying of poverty and poor health, or getting an overdose of lead.
I could watch these videos all day. I've listened to videos from all your channels. Tysm for all the work you and you're team do to either raise my eyes in surprise or out a smile on my face etc. Like I said earlier, its great, entertaining and also informative so best of all those worlds. Have a great rest of the week and weekend
I love how Simon just recites all the strange name with no context. Thermidor, Prairial - these were months in the Republican calendar, an absolutely batshit kind of metric calendar with 10 day weeks and 10 hour days (but still 12 months?) that was widely mocked at the time and to this day. Oh, and the names were all based on things that happened at that time of year - 'thermidor' from 'thermon' ie heat, and the beautifully named Fructidor (no prizes for guessing that one) and my personal favourite, Ventose ('vent' = 'windy'), because February is fucken wimdy
Perhaps mentioned in the video but this is why we have the word, "Terrorist" in today's lexicon, it comes from the Reign of Terror. Great content as always.
Love your stuff, but can music be turned down a notch or two? The music is good but just a tad loud. It comes out at about the same level as Simon's narration, which ends up being distracting
The music actually turned me off entirely. Music is used in documentary settings to set the emotional tone for the viewer & as such, tend to be manipulative. One of the things that I like about Simon's other videos is that they do not employ this technique & rely solely on the skill of the writing & facts at hand. Really disliked this inclusion of music.
One of the criticisms Robespierre and Saint-Just had against the monarchy was that the monarchy practiced capital punishment. Ironic, then, their later actions.
The great orator known as Robespierre did not give a grand speech at his execution as he stood before the guillotine his last words were that of a blood curdling scream filled with pain and agony as they removed the bandages from his jaw
@@GeorgeDoughty-m8epeople going to the guillotine were made to remove their collars, scarves, etc. because it was believed it would interfere with the blade doing its work.
Nobody knows for certain whether Robespierre separated his right mandible from the tempero mandibular joint by an attempt at suicide, or whether he was shot. The bandage was installed to keep the mandible approximately elevated. It would be impossible for him to eat. Chances are his tongue was also partially destroyed. I don’t think the crowd was prepared to see his head after the blade fell. His mandible fell away, revealing very little left of his head. During those executions, most of the crowds were “expecting” a roughly intact skull. There was very little left of Robespierre. Removal of the bandage undoubtedly was the most painful experience anyone could have. Sanjosemike (no longer in CA) Retired surgeon
@@JoeC92 Yeah, I think so. It's also weirdly filled with a lot of biased language & not a lot of context. Some of the viewpoints presented in this video are no longer supported by historians (ie Robespierre's claimed use of terror as the order is now rejected by historians). It felt very titled, used the weird documentary music bullshit that is a technique to provoke emotional responses from views, & a lot of charged language & omission of context. In short, the video looked, smelled, & acted like propaganda, which is gross.
One of your best episodes (as someone who was once upon a time a big French Revolution afficiando and a closet Dantonist). Notes: you should have mentioned St. Just as part of the CPS, and the Girondins and the Hebertists. Also, the Delacroix painting of Liberty Leading the People was of the 1830 revolt. But for neophytes, un bon job!
They say: Just cause you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not after you! In those cases it would be more accureate: just cause they're after you, doesn't mean you're not paranoid!
@@TheForeignGamerthe old french spelling was reigner meaning to reign and reigne meaning kingdom. The spelling used in the title is nothing more than comment bait.
@@jackvos8047 Glad to know that even in the face of what is clearly a joke, nothing motivates people on the internet to reply to someone more than the insatiable desire to correct them in the name of being right.
Once Louis learned he was going to be executed, he insisted no one tell his wife or children. He didn’t want that hanging over them the last time he got to see them. Marie Antoinette had no idea what was going to happen until she heard the crowds under her cell window cheering. Then she knew.
11:17 Called so because, as further proof of the breach from the past, they made decimal timekeeping a thing, which included revamping the calendar, and the month in that new calendar that reaction happened was called "Thermidor" (from Greek "thermos", meaning "heat", because it was the height of the summer). 13:16 Another month from that fancy calendar.
" _THERE were two “Reigns of Terror,” if we would but remember it and consider it; the one wrought murder in hot passion, the other in heartless cold blood; the one lasted mere months, the other had lasted a thousand years; the one inflicted death upon ten thousand persons, the other upon a hundred millions; but our shudders are all for the “horrors” of the minor Terror, the momentary Terror, so to speak; whereas, what is the horror of swift death by the axe, compared with lifelong death from hunger, cold, insult, cruelty, and heart-break? What is swift death by lightning compared with death by slow fire at the stake? A city cemetery could contain the coffins filled by that brief Terror which we have all been so diligently taught to shiver at and mourn over; but all France could hardly contain the coffins filled by that older and real Terror-that unspeakably bitter and awful Terror which none of us has been taught to see in its vastness or pity as it deserves_ " - Mark Twain
Guy goes into a bookstore. He says to the owner “Do you have a copy of the French Constitution?” The owner replies “I’m sorry, we don’t carry periodicals.” 🤣
Although the Bastille was a symbol of the unpopular aristcrocy, the biggest reason they stormed it was because it housed the royal arsenal. The revolutionaries stole an enourmous chache of weapons and ammunition.
Rebellions often go poorly, reminds me how lucky we were as Americans in the 18th century, somehow we got people who genuinely wanted to set up a form of democracy and didn’t want absolute power. It could’ve easily gone terribly (and statistically should’ve), as many other revolutions such as the french showed, but we got lucky
That's why the founding fathers were so special. They certainly had their flaws but they were also incredibly intelligent and did a fantastic job setting the US up for success. Like you alluded to, it's rare to find a group of such selfless men.
the constitution that the founding fathers created, help prevent democracy from going into mob rule. Modeling the republic off of the Roman representation model and not the authentic Democratic model of Athens also kept America stable.
I would hardly say the French Revolution was a “rebellion,” nor would I classify it as having “gone terribly,” seeing as how it massively changed the course of European, if not world, history. Not to mention the fact that the concepts of democracy, equality, and individual rights were championed in France during this time. It was this Revolution, these thinkers & these ideas that influenced the people in America. You can’t watch one video on the worst parts of the French Revolution and decide it “went poorly.”
@@OGA103 "They certainly had their flaws" "selfless men." Weird way to downplay slavery and the expansion of native genocide beyond the Appalachian mountains. They were the opposite of selfless. They were so selfish they could not bear to send a portion of their wealth to Britain, which was the lawful, legal authority over the white slavers.
Beware the demagogue who can convince his followers that political violence is not really such a bad thing, given that they have 'enemies' they need to hold accountable.
I see my fellow Grammarians have things well in hand here. Four In Hand, in fact, a common arrangement of the reins, allowing a driver to easily reign over his four-horse carriage. Carry on!
One of the most enlightening (no pun intended) subject someone was bringing up about Marxism is that he was likely inspired and influenced by Robespierre. Really the way how socialism breaks down can apply to what happened to France during their revolution. As an American, I appreciate that our history took a very different course and very grateful. Especially that we have many Founding Fathers who greatly contributed and guided our nation to not allow this to happen. Studying these two revolutions side by side, as we just ended ours making way to create new country, within a few years France in turn falls to ruins, because the leaders were vastly different in what their objectives were. It’s also worth highlighting that, believe it or not, originally Americans as colonies were loyal to Britain and the crown. A lot of the Founding Fathers had some relations with working with the British Empire with respect, George Washington was originally in the British army fighting off in the wilderness against the French and winning Canada, Benjamin Franklin was a beloved American colony who was a great inventor and news commentator that he became a delegate for the American Colonies to interact and negotiate with Parliament that started with warm but soured when so little in Parliament was not heeding his warnings about how they were treating the American Colonies, and John Adams was a defendant lawyer who managed to prove British soldiers were not criminals during the Boston Massacre. Many in Congress likely had wanted blood for what happened, but there were more who were pushed to just want to separate from Britain without asking for anarchy or vengeance. Our country is by no means perfect, nor were our Founding Fathers, but I can happily say that with their strengths and faults, at least we didn’t have to go through a bloodbath to fight for power, all in the name of Liberty.
I’d argue that the United States had the advantage of having a relatively clear cut vision for what they wanted from the beginning. They weren’t out to totally abolish government, just to build something that was fairer and more representative of the people’s interest. The French Revolution, by comparison, was an absolute mess of contrasting ideas, so many different elements had very different ideas of what they wanted and couldn’t form any kind of consensus.
@@dkupke Like I said, our Founding Fathers were not looking out for vengeance and truly believed in creating a new government of the people. The thing is that at the beginning, funny as it may seem or not, the American colonial Congress actually bickered about a lot that it was typically Congress, slowed down a lot of decisions. Even voting to enact declaring independence for a new nation took a lot of persisting, not everyone was on the same page per se, many had hoped sending an olive branch treaty to help end the war on good terms would help resolve the tension, only to be sent back a letter by the King with Parliament’s support, that they then saw Congress and any colonial American aiding the revolutions as traitors, thus wanted Congress to be hanged. Another thing to note is that religiously the American colonies were filled with different types of Protestants who were able to keep their faith in God without throwing the baby out of the bath water figuratively speaking. One of the next targets Robespierre had it out for was the church because Catholics were adamant about their faith (France previous conflicts with Catholics vs Protestants with Catholics practically massacring Protestants) and Catholics were essential in the power of hierarchy as they believed that God anoints the monarch to rule their sovereignty with support of the faith. Ripping that fabric of society in a harsh manner leaves a society of recklessness and zero guidance for morals and structure for any community to live in harmony. Meanwhile the Protestants faith had a different outlook of their faith in God, the church, and monarchs that was much more flexible to keep the value as the roots of the society. Once again, the leaders are a great contrast to how both countries so close in time had very different results. Our Founding Fathers were a great contribute that despite their bickering, together they provided alternatives that was forward thinking beyond their time just for a chance for them to give prosperity for everyone in the new nation. I think with France, it was more about eliminating any threat of power that common sense was erased and it blurred the lines of who should be executed.
Does anyone else remember the Guillotine model toy that was available in the 1960’s and 70’s. Funny how the popularity of items has a circular trend, what was popular 100’s of years ago became popular again. Wooden 1/12 scale are again available on Alibibi. Not the same as the old ones, they lack the duel baskets with fake bloody rags. I wonder how horrified parents would be, and how excited children with this gift for Xmas 2024.
The rein of terror. Players incur 1d6 disadvantage when attempting to saddle any creature with the rein of terror. Gain +2 to intimidation so long as rein of terror is in character’s hands. Does not stack with saddled creature bonus. Gain + 5 to intimidation if riding a creature saddled with rein of terror. Any creature bound using rein of terror must pass a wisdom saving throw or be overcome with fear.
You should have elaborated in context on the influence of the Jacobin Club, of which both Robespierre and Danton belonging to, which they both used to inform the populace/members of their revolutionary ideas! Also would have been great to see the revolutionary calendar explained to add context to the name “Thermidorian Reaction.” Thermidor is what most of July used to be prior to the implementing of the new calendar - the 11th month in said Calendar. Also finally the influences of Louis Antoine de Saint-Just & Georges Couthon, Robespierre’s closest confidants that also influenced his decisions and paranoia on creating the reign of terror and assisted in heightening it. They were also executed the same day as Maxime himself - The Coup of 9-10 Thermidor.
I seem to recall reading that St. Just said 'The revolution must only stop with the perfection of human happiness'. A chilling statement in light of what happened.
The majority of French descendants in my country would recite that they came to the country fleeing the guillotine. Thanks for adding credence to that claim by showing how widespread the reign of terror was and although some lineages' aristocracy is not contested, I appreciate better why there was such a mass exodus.
The worst part is that none of it was necessary, and that the people responsible should have known that none of it was necessary. The USA had already completed the American Revolution several years before the French Revolution even started, and the US didn’t ever have to resort to this sort of stuff to secure democracy.
well a bunch of uk colony that drove off an army of a far away power is not the same as killing litterally the king and at the same time do war with all european monarchy combined... not the same thing
@@giulioiodice2114I think you forgot that we fought off the British Empire, which was not only the most powerful country on earth, but one that we shared a land border with, since Canada was still a British colony at that point. We also didn’t feel the need to expropriate or attack Loyalists after the Revolution. There wasn’t any real reason for Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette to have been guillotined. They could have simply been removed from power and left to live in peace in Versailles
Absolutely, they could have sent 16 to a position of cake topper and created a government with a prime minister and cabinet and he would have been happy ro step down im sure as would Antoinette in some castle in the country ect...
@@michaelimbesi2314 I’d argue the United States had the advantage advantage they had a relatively clear cut vision of what they were trying to do from day one and that they were willing to make compromises even on things they felt very passionately about. The French Revolution was a mess of competing ideas who were unwilling to come to any kind of consensus with each other. There were elements yes that were against executing the king and queen, would have preferred just send the, into exile or send them to prison for life. The most ardent anti-royalist refused to budge.
I can't imagine what would have happened if there were nobody to Rein the Terror. Unless it was lost in translation, and we are talking here about some Kidney problem.
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When I lived in China, a lot of my teachers had survived the Cultural Revolution in their 20's (this was the 90's). When they would talk about it, which wasn't often, they told horrific stories. One of my teachers had been an English teacher when the revolution started. Because of that, she was sent to a "reeducation camp" in the far north of China where she was forced to work outside in fields all day. Her hands and face bore frostbite scars and she clearly had PTSD from the experience. She had just had her first daughter, and they forced her to carry the baby on her back while she worked. She would steal/barter for extra cloth (blankets, old clothes, whatever she could get) to keep the baby warm. So that the baby would have enough to eat, she would chew up her own food and spit it out to give to the baby. (the baby was fine by the way, and one of my good friends).
My other teacher was an older man who had to watch his entire family be killed off one by one because they were "counter revolutionary intellectuals."
The Cultural Revolution would be a great subject for this channel. And guys, don't even think "it can't happen here." It absolutely can happen anywhere. Get out and vote.
Yep, similar story.
The head of my Geography department, who eventually became my academic advisor, was pursuing her PhD in China when she got... sidetracked for 11 years and forced to work in a machine tool factory. The sharp mind that served her so well in academia brought her unwanted attention in that she got promoted to being a foreperson on the factory floor, which meant more work and more scrutiny. Definitely not the happiest time in her life, and the effectiveness of converting her to CCP ideology was evidenced by the fact that she fled at the first opportunity and spent the rest of her life in the US.
It was also interesting to see how the time had changed her physically, because she was about 5'2" but hand two bear paws for hands after all of the work she'd done.
Vote for who lol please let me know where we can avoid hell on earth 😂
We're dangerously close to that point, and we can't allow it.
And be sure _not_ to vote for the commies.
And there are still people who want to go back to that - horrific!
The founder of the school I teach for lived through all of this. Her father in hiding, constantly in worry over whether he would be found or her brother would be taken away... Because of this, and there are records of her throughout and afterwards based on her on accounts in diaries, she likely suffered anxiety, depression brought on by PTSD.
She was an amazing woman despite her suffering and possibly that experience played a great part in her life as a teacher.❤
Thanks for sharing about this!
Reign* of Terror
Last time they finally spelled “its” correctly, so I see progress
Unless they're specifically talking about a particularly fearsome set of reins for a French horse
@@Moleskinemanhorse powered guillotine
Rein den Terror
All rain brings terror if you suffer from Pluviophobia....
As I REINED in my skittish horse during a sudden hard RAIN, in the lands where I REIGNED supreme, I realized life is everything.
Did Rainn Wilson write this in the rain
The Rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain… 😂
My favorite mike Tyson quote
...spelling ist everything. And knowing where words come from. Like Rain (Regen), Germanic. Reign (Regnum), Latin.
@@mquietsch6736 where does Debbie Downer come from
I love how every single time people got enormous power their first act was to silence or murder the opposition. Nobody should be allowed to have that much power.
This is by far one of your greatest episodes on any of your channels. Cheers, Simon. Absolutely brilliant.
I was mesmerized. Choked up even. I'm not French nor have any connection to France but the French have been through some stuff.
A dude enters a bookstore in Paris and asks if they have a copy of the French Constitution. The bookseller laughs and says, “I’m sorry, Monsieur, we don’t carry periodicals.”
😂😂😂
That's not funny. We may see it in the States before too long.
@@elizabethsohler6516 ya right. Do you know how hard it is to get an amendment passed?
@@MalikF15 Not long at all under a dictator.
@@elizabethsohler6516 huh. Which candidate are you referring to. Even if Trump wins he bark is worse than his bite
If Simon hasn't done a video on Antoine "Father of Chemistry" Lavoisier, he should. For Lavoisier, the end of the Reign came two months too late. He was later exonerated. His widow Marie-Ann (who married him at 13) worked hard to make sure he received credit for his research and discoveries.
Sources speculate that, given the almost constant executions (~ 40,000), the ground of the Place de la Revolution (now the Place de la Concorde) would have been literally soggy from the blood, not to mention the ever increasing odor, rather like an abandoned slaughterhouse.
Great episode!
[Edited for spelling error.]
Yep! I also heard that horses were terribly scared of the place, long after the Terror ended.
@@AdenaKaiba Oh, I wouldn't be the least bit surprised! Dogs, too. I'm sure they could smell it for years!
Mark Twain wrote, "“There were two ‘Reigns of Terror,’ if we would but remember and consider it; the one wrought murder in hot passion, the other in heartless cold blood; the one lasted mere months, the other lasted a thousand years; the one inflicted death upon ten thousand persons, the other upon a hundred millions...”. Those who think that by appropriating for themselves the wealth of a nation without considering what happens when you leave people without hope might wish to think again. The middle class holds a nation together. When it becomes a very few ultrawealthy and a vast host of the impoverished, there can only be one outcome. I am not a communist, I am a student of history.
There is no middle class. The bourgeoisie own the means of production. The proletariat actually are the means of production.
There already is no hope for billions.
The French Revolution and the reign of terror are things I definitely remember learning about in history class in high school almost everything else I can't remember if I learned it in school or from watching Simon's various channels
I swear I've learned more from the Green Brothers' CrashCourse and all of the Whistler-verse than I did in high school, and I was valedictorian! Smdh
This was well timed. It was amazing the reactions to the opening of the olympics that was supposed to represent the history of the French Revolution.
La Terreur inspired a contemporary political philosopher to coin the saying "Like Saturn, revolution devours it's own children"
It was true before and still is.
The American Revolution didn’t.
@@michaelimbesi2314 It did. It's just one of the things american history teachers don't like to talk about.
A lot of people who fought in the revolution got the Bad End afterwards, ending destitute and dying of poverty and poor health, or getting an overdose of lead.
@@janneaalto3956 only at the hands of salty sore loser royalists, but they were eventually snuffed or exiled.
@@cwg9238 XD
@janneaalto3956 Let’s see some numbers.
Thank you for uploading this. Reign of terror. Thank you for uploading stuff about the French revolution.
I could watch these videos all day. I've listened to videos from all your channels. Tysm for all the work you and you're team do to either raise my eyes in surprise or out a smile on my face etc. Like I said earlier, its great, entertaining and also informative so best of all those worlds. Have a great rest of the week and weekend
I love how Simon just recites all the strange name with no context. Thermidor, Prairial - these were months in the Republican calendar, an absolutely batshit kind of metric calendar with 10 day weeks and 10 hour days (but still 12 months?) that was widely mocked at the time and to this day. Oh, and the names were all based on things that happened at that time of year - 'thermidor' from 'thermon' ie heat, and the beautifully named Fructidor (no prizes for guessing that one) and my personal favourite, Ventose ('vent' = 'windy'), because February is fucken wimdy
Is Fructidor Spring? (Fruct = Fruit?) IDK I'm high
no, it was 10 months in a year
@@stanislavkostarnov2157you would be correct, ser
you are knowledgably thanks for sharing!
I was wondering how Thermidor translated, lobster-wise
Perhaps mentioned in the video but this is why we have the word, "Terrorist" in today's lexicon, it comes from the Reign of Terror. Great content as always.
Dancing in the Reign! 💃
Love your stuff, but can music be turned down a notch or two? The music is good but just a tad loud. It comes out at about the same level as Simon's narration, which ends up being distracting
The music actually turned me off entirely. Music is used in documentary settings to set the emotional tone for the viewer & as such, tend to be manipulative. One of the things that I like about Simon's other videos is that they do not employ this technique & rely solely on the skill of the writing & facts at hand. Really disliked this inclusion of music.
I don’t hear any music. Did he edit it out?
Hm, I guess it’s more audible with headphones or if you have the volume up high.
One of the criticisms Robespierre and Saint-Just had against the monarchy was that the monarchy practiced capital punishment.
Ironic, then, their later actions.
The great orator known as Robespierre did not give a grand speech at his execution as he stood before the guillotine his last words were that of a blood curdling scream filled with pain and agony as they removed the bandages from his jaw
Why would they remove the bandages?
@@GeorgeDoughty-m8epeople going to the guillotine were made to remove their collars, scarves, etc. because it was believed it would interfere with the blade doing its work.
Nobody knows for certain whether Robespierre separated his right mandible from the tempero mandibular joint by an attempt at suicide, or whether he was shot.
The bandage was installed to keep the mandible approximately elevated. It would be impossible for him to eat. Chances are his tongue was also partially destroyed.
I don’t think the crowd was prepared to see his head after the blade fell. His mandible fell away, revealing very little left of his head. During those executions, most of the crowds were “expecting” a roughly intact skull.
There was very little left of Robespierre.
Removal of the bandage undoubtedly was the most painful experience anyone could have.
Sanjosemike (no longer in CA)
Retired surgeon
*queues up Rush's "Bastille Day" on the stereo*
Part of me feels this was also brought on by Gojiras Olympic opening with a metal rendition of one of the revolution songs
@@JoeC92 Ah! Ca Ira..
@@JoeC92 Yeah, I think so. It's also weirdly filled with a lot of biased language & not a lot of context. Some of the viewpoints presented in this video are no longer supported by historians (ie Robespierre's claimed use of terror as the order is now rejected by historians). It felt very titled, used the weird documentary music bullshit that is a technique to provoke emotional responses from views, & a lot of charged language & omission of context.
In short, the video looked, smelled, & acted like propaganda, which is gross.
One of your best episodes (as someone who was once upon a time a big French Revolution afficiando and a closet Dantonist). Notes: you should have mentioned St. Just as part of the CPS, and the Girondins and the Hebertists. Also, the Delacroix painting of Liberty Leading the People was of the 1830 revolt. But for neophytes, un bon job!
Terror, terror, terror on the wall: which period of french history was the bloodiest of them all ?
This one.
I'm guessing you're not to familiar with the Merovingians or Carolingians
It's begun already, but wait until it gathers more speed . . .
The revolution always devours its own.
last time I was this early, France was a kingdom
RUclips existed that long?
No one cares that you clicked on the video quickly when it came out.
It’s kind of sad you get excited for that
You mean an Empire?
@@Slayer12349 no, before that
@@chrisanschau8169 it's kind of sad this comment triggers you
Some people need to be reminded of Robespierre's fate.
Nicolás Maduro.
@@uningenieromas Among others
Other extreme examples would be Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge regime and Myanmar
"Committee of Public Safety"...hmm why does that sound so familiar
Well done Simon. You covered a lot of complex ground very well.
'The Rein of Terror' is something every horse fears.🐎
Unfortunately saw the title as “Laterrrrrr”, read in my mind by a very camp-sounding Simon and now I need it in my life
They say: Just cause you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not after you!
In those cases it would be more accureate: just cause they're after you, doesn't mean you're not paranoid!
Thanks for sharing
Another great video. Thanks!
Timely and noted, hopefully by all. Appreciated
Before Stalin there was Rosbierre executing innocent people by the thousands.
Awesome video thank you
French Citizens: “Robespierre has freed us from the King’s tyranny!”
Robespierre: “Oh, I wouldn’t say ‘freed’; more like ‘under new management’.”
You misspelled reign on purpose in order to generate comments, didn't you?
And it appears to be working.
Diabolical Fact Boi!
Maybe... it's the French spelling? :D
@@TheForeignGamerthe old french spelling was reigner meaning to reign and reigne meaning kingdom.
The spelling used in the title is nothing more than comment bait.
@@jackvos8047 Glad to know that even in the face of what is clearly a joke, nothing motivates people on the internet to reply to someone more than the insatiable desire to correct them in the name of being right.
Apropos of nothing else: Grand Forks, ND does not have a City Council. They have a Public Safety Committee. Take that as you will.
Rein of terror? What's next, the stirrups of panic?
Excellent writing!
Excellent video
So glad others spotted it
Had a friend who was related to Chiang kei - shek. A lot of older Chinese people shook his hand and said what a great man his relative was
Once Louis learned he was going to be executed, he insisted no one tell his wife or children. He didn’t want that hanging over them the last time he got to see them. Marie Antoinette had no idea what was going to happen until she heard the crowds under her cell window cheering. Then she knew.
There is a leason in history
Most revolutions just make things worse.
11:17 Called so because, as further proof of the breach from the past, they made decimal timekeeping a thing, which included revamping the calendar, and the month in that new calendar that reaction happened was called "Thermidor" (from Greek "thermos", meaning "heat", because it was the height of the summer).
13:16 Another month from that fancy calendar.
" _THERE were two “Reigns of Terror,” if we would but remember it and consider it; the one wrought murder in hot passion, the other in heartless cold blood; the one lasted mere months, the other had lasted a thousand years; the one inflicted death upon ten thousand persons, the other upon a hundred millions; but our shudders are all for the “horrors” of the minor Terror, the momentary Terror, so to speak; whereas, what is the horror of swift death by the axe, compared with lifelong death from hunger, cold, insult, cruelty, and heart-break? What is swift death by lightning compared with death by slow fire at the stake? A city cemetery could contain the coffins filled by that brief Terror which we have all been so diligently taught to shiver at and mourn over; but all France could hardly contain the coffins filled by that older and real Terror-that unspeakably bitter and awful Terror which none of us has been taught to see in its vastness or pity as it deserves_ " - Mark Twain
Thank You ✌️
*Reign
The terror is what always happens when fanatics seize power. Chaos and bloodshed are always the inevitable result.
but only if the fanatics are not true and steadfast believers for what I personally believe in of course.
It's almost like their goal is to destroy society.
Don’t forget war crimes and executions and torture as well
@@sizanogreen9900 "BoThSiDeS!!!" 🙄
An old saying about absolute power.
Clip clop Neeiiigghhh! AAAAAGGH THE REIN OF TERROR!
Sid James as the Black Fingernail, Carry On Don't Lose Your Head.
Love visuals immediately! And straight into information NO bullshit so far 1 minute I'm.
"Like Saturn, the Revolution devours its children."
One of my ancestors lost his head during the terror.
Friendly reminder that if the people are suffering because of your movement, you're not doing it for the people. You're doing it for YOU.
Guy goes into a bookstore. He says to the owner “Do you have a copy of the French Constitution?” The owner replies “I’m sorry, we don’t carry periodicals.” 🤣
Very good
Although the Bastille was a symbol of the unpopular aristcrocy, the biggest reason they stormed it was because it housed the royal arsenal. The revolutionaries stole an enourmous chache of weapons and ammunition.
Rebellions often go poorly, reminds me how lucky we were as Americans in the 18th century, somehow we got people who genuinely wanted to set up a form of democracy and didn’t want absolute power. It could’ve easily gone terribly (and statistically should’ve), as many other revolutions such as the french showed, but we got lucky
That's why the founding fathers were so special. They certainly had their flaws but they were also incredibly intelligent and did a fantastic job setting the US up for success. Like you alluded to, it's rare to find a group of such selfless men.
the constitution that the founding fathers created, help prevent democracy from going into mob rule. Modeling the republic off of the Roman representation model and not the authentic Democratic model of Athens also kept America stable.
I would hardly say the French Revolution was a “rebellion,” nor would I classify it as having “gone terribly,” seeing as how it massively changed the course of European, if not world, history. Not to mention the fact that the concepts of democracy, equality, and individual rights were championed in France during this time. It was this Revolution, these thinkers & these ideas that influenced the people in America. You can’t watch one video on the worst parts of the French Revolution and decide it “went poorly.”
Democracies don't have slaves. Quit spewing your propaganda here.
@@OGA103 "They certainly had their flaws" "selfless men." Weird way to downplay slavery and the expansion of native genocide beyond the Appalachian mountains. They were the opposite of selfless. They were so selfish they could not bear to send a portion of their wealth to Britain, which was the lawful, legal authority over the white slavers.
Simon really putting that hard L in guillotine 😬
So many people lost their heads.
Reign, my dude. Your friendly proofreader signing off.
Beware the demagogue who can convince his followers that political violence is not really such a bad thing, given that they have 'enemies' they need to hold accountable.
Trump anyone?
@@Spooky_Platypus I don't think Trump needs to be dealt with this severely, just some jail time. One year per felony will do.
I see my fellow Grammarians have things well in hand here. Four In Hand, in fact, a common arrangement of the reins, allowing a driver to easily reign over his four-horse carriage.
Carry on!
"Storm the Bastille!!" "VIVE LA FRANCE 🇫🇷!" America's crazy beautiful wine drinking older (cool) cousin.
How is it older? The American Revolution came first
One of the most enlightening (no pun intended) subject someone was bringing up about Marxism is that he was likely inspired and influenced by Robespierre. Really the way how socialism breaks down can apply to what happened to France during their revolution.
As an American, I appreciate that our history took a very different course and very grateful. Especially that we have many Founding Fathers who greatly contributed and guided our nation to not allow this to happen. Studying these two revolutions side by side, as we just ended ours making way to create new country, within a few years France in turn falls to ruins, because the leaders were vastly different in what their objectives were. It’s also worth highlighting that, believe it or not, originally Americans as colonies were loyal to Britain and the crown. A lot of the Founding Fathers had some relations with working with the British Empire with respect, George Washington was originally in the British army fighting off in the wilderness against the French and winning Canada, Benjamin Franklin was a beloved American colony who was a great inventor and news commentator that he became a delegate for the American Colonies to interact and negotiate with Parliament that started with warm but soured when so little in Parliament was not heeding his warnings about how they were treating the American Colonies, and John Adams was a defendant lawyer who managed to prove British soldiers were not criminals during the Boston Massacre. Many in Congress likely had wanted blood for what happened, but there were more who were pushed to just want to separate from Britain without asking for anarchy or vengeance. Our country is by no means perfect, nor were our Founding Fathers, but I can happily say that with their strengths and faults, at least we didn’t have to go through a bloodbath to fight for power, all in the name of Liberty.
I’d argue that the United States had the advantage of having a relatively clear cut vision for what they wanted from the beginning. They weren’t out to totally abolish government, just to build something that was fairer and more representative of the people’s interest. The French Revolution, by comparison, was an absolute mess of contrasting ideas, so many different elements had very different ideas of what they wanted and couldn’t form any kind of consensus.
@@dkupke Like I said, our Founding Fathers were not looking out for vengeance and truly believed in creating a new government of the people. The thing is that at the beginning, funny as it may seem or not, the American colonial Congress actually bickered about a lot that it was typically Congress, slowed down a lot of decisions. Even voting to enact declaring independence for a new nation took a lot of persisting, not everyone was on the same page per se, many had hoped sending an olive branch treaty to help end the war on good terms would help resolve the tension, only to be sent back a letter by the King with Parliament’s support, that they then saw Congress and any colonial American aiding the revolutions as traitors, thus wanted Congress to be hanged.
Another thing to note is that religiously the American colonies were filled with different types of Protestants who were able to keep their faith in God without throwing the baby out of the bath water figuratively speaking. One of the next targets Robespierre had it out for was the church because Catholics were adamant about their faith (France previous conflicts with Catholics vs Protestants with Catholics practically massacring Protestants) and Catholics were essential in the power of hierarchy as they believed that God anoints the monarch to rule their sovereignty with support of the faith. Ripping that fabric of society in a harsh manner leaves a society of recklessness and zero guidance for morals and structure for any community to live in harmony. Meanwhile the Protestants faith had a different outlook of their faith in God, the church, and monarchs that was much more flexible to keep the value as the roots of the society.
Once again, the leaders are a great contrast to how both countries so close in time had very different results. Our Founding Fathers were a great contribute that despite their bickering, together they provided alternatives that was forward thinking beyond their time just for a chance for them to give prosperity for everyone in the new nation. I think with France, it was more about eliminating any threat of power that common sense was erased and it blurred the lines of who should be executed.
Simon are you AI?? How can you have so much content being posted all the time on so many channels. Cheers.
Does anyone else remember the Guillotine model toy that was available in the 1960’s and 70’s.
Funny how the popularity of items has a circular trend, what was popular 100’s of years ago became popular again.
Wooden 1/12 scale are again available on Alibibi. Not the same as the old ones, they lack the duel baskets with fake bloody rags.
I wonder how horrified parents would be, and how excited children with this gift for Xmas 2024.
The rein of terror.
Players incur 1d6 disadvantage when attempting to saddle any creature with the rein of terror.
Gain +2 to intimidation so long as rein of terror is in character’s hands. Does not stack with saddled creature bonus.
Gain + 5 to intimidation if riding a creature saddled with rein of terror.
Any creature bound using rein of terror must pass a wisdom saving throw or be overcome with fear.
You should have elaborated in context on the influence of the Jacobin Club, of which both Robespierre and Danton belonging to, which they both used to inform the populace/members of their revolutionary ideas! Also would have been great to see the revolutionary calendar explained to add context to the name “Thermidorian Reaction.” Thermidor is what most of July used to be prior to the implementing of the new calendar - the 11th month in said Calendar. Also finally the influences of Louis Antoine de Saint-Just & Georges Couthon, Robespierre’s closest confidants that also influenced his decisions and paranoia on creating the reign of terror and assisted in heightening it. They were also executed the same day as Maxime himself - The Coup of 9-10 Thermidor.
I seem to recall reading that St. Just said 'The revolution must only stop with the perfection of human happiness'. A chilling statement in light of what happened.
Love the channel, but please close that bloody door 😂
Umm Danton looking like a muppet in that painting 😂😂😂
Have there been any decent movies or series about the French Revolution in general and the Reign of Terror in particular?
I believe the scarlet pimpernel has its fans specifically the 1980s film. Otherwise few come to mind.
@@YorikIknewhim yes, thank you🤙
@@peacefrog64 happy to be of service.
There is a French film called "Danton" starring Gerard Depardieu, check it out.
@@soso4169 will do, thank you for posting!
No mention of the 1933-1945 reign of terror in Germany?
This video should have been named: How Democracy Really Works
The irony was that Robespierre, a great rhetoric speaker, could not defend himself because of his shattered jaw.
The majority of French descendants in my country would recite that they came to the country fleeing the guillotine.
Thanks for adding credence to that claim by showing how widespread the reign of terror was and although some lineages' aristocracy is not contested, I appreciate better why there was such a mass exodus.
Rain 🌧 of terror
The worst part is that none of it was necessary, and that the people responsible should have known that none of it was necessary. The USA had already completed the American Revolution several years before the French Revolution even started, and the US didn’t ever have to resort to this sort of stuff to secure democracy.
well a bunch of uk colony that drove off an army of a far away power is not the same as killing litterally the king and at the same time do war with all european monarchy combined... not the same thing
Even the UK did it without killing that many innocent people.
I may be French but I hate and despise that part of our history.
@@giulioiodice2114I think you forgot that we fought off the British Empire, which was not only the most powerful country on earth, but one that we shared a land border with, since Canada was still a British colony at that point. We also didn’t feel the need to expropriate or attack Loyalists after the Revolution. There wasn’t any real reason for Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette to have been guillotined. They could have simply been removed from power and left to live in peace in Versailles
Absolutely, they could have sent 16 to a position of cake topper and created a government with a prime minister and cabinet and he would have been happy ro step down im sure as would Antoinette in some castle in the country ect...
@@michaelimbesi2314 I’d argue the United States had the advantage advantage they had a relatively clear cut vision of what they were trying to do from day one and that they were willing to make compromises even on things they felt very passionately about. The French Revolution was a mess of competing ideas who were unwilling to come to any kind of consensus with each other. There were elements yes that were against executing the king and queen, would have preferred just send the, into exile or send them to prison for life. The most ardent anti-royalist refused to budge.
Strange how everyone who insists on instituting a system of fear and murder always claim to be doing it "for the people".
Should be TO THE PEOPLE
I can't imagine what would have happened if there were nobody to Rein the Terror.
Unless it was lost in translation, and we are talking here about some Kidney problem.
Interesting
They must have gotten sick of eating cake lol
Sounds like a good idea tbh
Ah, the "rein" of terror, the horse rider's worst nightmare!
Please make a video about the "White Terror".
It took a lot to get to where we are now
It continued in other ways if you draw it out. The revolution made it possible for Napoleon to come to power and the killing continued.
Dark version of Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer
humans when running of fear are brutal mindless animals, its amazing we have made it this far tbh
Gee. Hard G. Like Golf.
O.
Teen.
Not gill-o-teen.
😩 IT IS WRITTEN….
“ In your anger do not sin: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry, and do not give the devil a foothold. ” - Ephesians 4:26-27
Love this channel but the music is too loud and is distracting rather than enhancing
C’mon Si, reign, not rein…..and certainly not rain.
Now look at where we are and tell me this couldn't happen again...
Ah yes, the gill-o-teen, one of France's contributions, along with the croy-sant, champ-ag-knee, and rat-a-tau-illy 🤦♀️😬