Thermidorian Reaction
Post-terror French moderation
The Thermidorian Reaction was the overthrow of Robespierre and the end of the Reign of Terror in revolutionary France, occurring in July 1794 (the month of Thermidor in the revolutionary calendar).
The term now describes any political shift where revolutionaries turn against radical leadership, pulling back toward moderation: The party's recent moves suggest a Thermidorian reaction against its progressive wing.
- RobespierreRevolutionary who devoured himself
- guillotineVertical beheading apparatus
- French RevolutionLate-1700s republican upheaval
- JacobinsFrench revolutionary faction
- White TerrorReactionary political mass killings
National Convention · sans-culottes · Louis XVI · Enlightenment ideals · Conservatism · anti-monarchism · radicalism · faction · relief · vengeance · bloodshed · Paris · Guillotine · execution · downfall · purge · moderates · reversal
- Counter-RevolutionsWhite Army, Thermidor