the Great Terror

the purge of the Hebertists

Robespierre disliked the Heberts for their strong support for harsh preventative hoarding measures and stricter price controls

some CPS members, like Billaud-Varenne and Collot D’Herbois opposed the purge

Hebert’s March call for insurrection directly challenged CPS authority

he was arrested on the 13th March

Hebert and 18 of his allies were executed on the 24th March

the purge of the Indulgents and Danton

on the 7th January 1794, Robespierre called for Desmoulins expulsion following his publication which criticised the Terror and called for the release of 200,000 prisoners

Saint-Just launched an attack on Danton on the 26th February, and on the 31st March he read a report to the Convention that condemned Desmoulins and Danton for a list of crimes against the Revolution

Saint-Just convinced the Convention that Desmoulins and Danton were in revolt against the Court and so they were denied the right to speak in their defence

increasing centralisation of power

the General Police Bureau was created in March 1794 answerable to the CPS, but often answered directly to Robespierre

purging and reshaping of the Paris commune

in May the Paris tribunal gained sole jurisdiction over counter-revolutionary trials

Law of Prairial

10th June 1794

removed all defence hearings,  barred cross-examination, and allowed juries to convict based on subjective judgment

between June and July 1794, the Revolutionary Tribunal executed 1594 people

the Great Terror

June and July 1794

now all enemies of the revolution had to be brought to Paris to face the Revolutionary Tribunal

1594 executions during the Great Terror