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The [[Committee of Public Safety]] was formed in April 1793, and passed a rule that Generals were to live in camp with the army. This had the practical effect of testing the belief in equality of the many Nobles in the army. [[General Dumouriez]] made overtures to the Prince of Coburg for the invasion of France and have Louis XVI's son proclaimed King Louis XVII.

The [[Committee of Public Safety]] was formed in April 1793, and passed a rule that Generals were to live in camp with the army. This had the practical effect of testing the belief in equality of the many Nobles in the army. [[General Dumouriez]] made overtures to the Prince of Coburg for the invasion of France and have Louis XVI's son proclaimed King Louis XVII.

===Reign of Terror===

===Reign of Terror===

The execution of Louis XVI led almost immediately to the [[Reign of Terror]] in 1793-94. [[Image:Massacre-priests.jpg|thumb|350px|Massacre of the Catholic priests in 1792 at Hotel del la Force]]  [[Maximilian Robespierre]], head of the Committee of Public Safety, proceeded to guillotine numerous alleged enemies, including Marie Antoinette. In a classic illustration of Jesus’s teaching that “he who lives by the sword dies by the sword,” Jacobin leaders [[Georges Danton]] (a fiery orator) was guillotined, and [[Jean-Paul Marat]] (a scientist) was stabbed to death in his bathtub.

The execution of Louis XVI led almost immediately to the [[Reign of Terror]] in 1793-94. [[Image:Massacre-priests.jpg|thumb|350px|Massacre of the Catholic priests in 1792 at Hotel del la Force]]  [[Maximilian Robespierre]], head of the Committee of Public Safety, proceeded to guillotine numerous alleged enemies, including Marie Antoinette. In a classic illustration of Jesus's teaching that “he who lives by the sword dies by the sword,” Jacobin leaders [[Georges Danton]] (a fiery orator) was guillotined, and [[Jean-Paul Marat]] (a scientist) was stabbed to death in his bathtub.

[[File:Rebull La muerte de Marat.jpg|thumb|left|Marat's death by [[Santiago Rebull]].]]

[[File:Rebull La muerte de Marat.jpg|thumb|left|Marat's death by [[Santiago Rebull]].]]

* Scott, Samuel F.  and Barry Rothaus. ''Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution, 1789-1799'' (2 vol 1984), short essays by scholars [http://www.questia.com/read/9600730?title=Historical%20Dictionary%20of%20the%20French%20Revolution%201789-1799%20-%20Vol.%201 vol 1 online]; [http://www.questia.com/read/71902167?title=Historical%20Dictionary%20of%20the%20French%20Revolution%201789-1799%20-%20Vol.%202 vol 2 online]

* Scott, Samuel F.  and Barry Rothaus. ''Historical Dictionary of the French Revolution, 1789-1799'' (2 vol 1984), short essays by scholars [http://www.questia.com/read/9600730?title=Historical%20Dictionary%20of%20the%20French%20Revolution%201789-1799%20-%20Vol.%201 vol 1 online]; [http://www.questia.com/read/71902167?title=Historical%20Dictionary%20of%20the%20French%20Revolution%201789-1799%20-%20Vol.%202 vol 2 online]

* Schama, Simon. ''Citizens. A Chronicle of the French Revolution'' (1989), highly readable narrative by scholar [https://www.amazon.com/Citizens-Simon-Schama/dp/0141017279/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1197705186&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]

* Schama, Simon. ''Citizens. A Chronicle of the French Revolution'' (1989), highly readable narrative by scholar [https://www.amazon.com/Citizens-Simon-Schama/dp/0141017279/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1197705186&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]

* Sutherland, D.M.G. ''France 1789–1815. Revolution and Counter-Revolution'' (2nd ed. 2003, 430pp [https://www.amazon.com/French-Revolution-Empire-Quest-Civic/dp/0631233636/ref=sr_1_1/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189597597&sr=1-1 excerpts and online search from Amazon.com]

* Sutherland, D.M.G. ''France 1789–1815. Revolution and Counter-Revolution'' (2nd ed.) 2003, 430pp [https://www.amazon.com/French-Revolution-Empire-Quest-Civic/dp/0631233636/ref=sr_1_1/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189597597&sr=1-1 excerpts and online search from Amazon.com]

* Tocqueville, Alexis de. ''On the State of Society in France Before the Revolution of 1789: And on the Causes which Led to that Event'' (1888)

* Tocqueville, Alexis de. ''On the State of Society in France Before the Revolution of 1789: And on the Causes which Led to that Event'' (1888)

* [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook13.html Primary sources] from Internet Modern History Sourcebook  

* [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook13.html Primary sources] from Internet Modern History Sourcebook  

* [http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/ "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution"] from George Mason U. contains 12 essays by scholars, 250 images, 350 primary documents, timeline

* [http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/ "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution"] from George Mason U. contains 12 essays by scholars, 250 images, 350 primary documents, timeline

* [https://www.thenewamerican.com/print-magazine/item/32776-the-ugly-legacy-of-the-french-revolution The Ugly Legacy of the French Revolution], by Steve Byas of ''[[The New American]''

* [https://www.thenewamerican.com/print-magazine/item/32776-the-ugly-legacy-of-the-french-revolution The Ugly Legacy of the French Revolution], by Steve Byas of ''[[The New American]]''

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