European History Hive

 The reign of terror was the second significant stage in the course of the  French revolution. It began after the death of Mirabeau and ended with  the death of Robespierre. The reign of terror was characterized by violence,  total breakdown of law and order, economic crisis, under development,  loss of property and heavy massacres. It was championed by lower class  people with burning desires for power like Herbert, Danton, Marat and  Robespierre. There were three forms of terror i.e. political, terror, which was against anti- revolutionary elements especially the clergy and the nobles, economic  terror which was designed to eliminate currency manipulators and  hoarders of essential commodities and religious terror which was directed  against the catholic church, its practices and privileges. It should be noted that the French revolution was initially a peaceful reform  movement that merely demanded for changes within the monarchy....