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Robespierre Thesis
Maximilien de Robespierre Maximilien Francois Marie Isidore de Robespierre, also known as Maximilien de Robespierre, was born on May 6, 1758 in Arras, a city in France approximately 162 kilometers north of Paris. Robespierre was the oldest of four siblings, and his mother died when Robespierre was six years old. Shortly thereafter, his father left him, leaving his maternal grandparents to tend to the four children. The Robespierre family was a member of the Third Estate, which consisted of anyone in France that was not a noble and not a member of the clergy (administrators of the Roman Catholic Church). However, Robespierre earned a law degree from the Parisian Lycee (School) Louis-le-Grand, proving that he was a member of the highest class of the Third Estate. After earning a law degree, Robespierre practiced law in Arras, France, providing him with a larger income than most members of the Third Estate. In the middle 1780’s, Robespierre acquired a public role in society, as he publicly demanded a change in the French monarchy. Consequently, he earned the nickname “the …show more content…
The rest of the Legislative Assembly was afraid of Robespierre; they did not who Robespierre would execute next. Out of fear of being guillotined, Robespierre attempted suicide by bullet, but survived. He was captured, and a cloth was tied around his head to keep his jaw in place; at his trial, Robespierre was unable to speak. While being tied down to the scaffold, a spectator of the crowd ripped off his handkerchief, letting his jaw hang loose. After this, another spectator gave him another cloth to stop the bleeding. Robespierre’s last words were said to this man: “Merci, Monsieur”, meaning “Thank you, Sir.” The blade then dropped, executing Robespierre by his own medicine on July 28, 1794, just over a year after the start of the Reign of

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