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A supposedly humane execution device that becomes the main mechanism of revolutionary terror.
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guillotine
A supposedly humane execution device that becomes the main mechanism of revolutionary terror.
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"...wants to create a more humane way of executing people. The guillotine will become the main mechanism of terror during the French Revolution. Alright?..."
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"...Reign of Terror is a time of mass execution, okay? The guillotine in Paris. In order to solidify the revolution, in order to advance..."
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"...he doesn't really resist. And then he's sent off to the guillotine and then he's killed and that's the end of Robespierre. And this..."
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"...even though he's in pain, they still take him to the guillotine. So the passion of Robespierre. And he's being driven on a horse..."
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"...man named Joseph Ignatz Guillotin who will create something called the guillotine. Okay?"
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Robespierre is not read as a dictator who simply loses control.
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