The French Revolution’s Most Horrific Four Days
The Rest Is History
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Welcome to SEASON THREE of the French Revolution, as we cover The September Massacres, otherwise known as 'The First Terror'.
Watch our full series on The French Revolution here: The French Revolution
Watch the next episode in the series here: The Story of France's Most Unexpected Revo...
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‘Still more traitors, still more treason…"
It is 1792 and France has been at war since April; it is not going well. In Paris, the Tuileries Palace has been stormed, and the royal family imprisoned. Meanwhile, tensions are rising between the main political factions of the Revolution, the Girondins and the Montagnard, led by the icy Maximilien Robespierre. The streets of Paris teem with armed young men - the Federes and the Sans-Culottes - responsible for the brutal slaughtering of the Swiss Guard earlier that year. They have arrested and imprisoned thousands of people. It is into this progressively febrile atmosphere of paranoia and fear that terrible news arrives: the Prussians, hungry for vengeance, have taken the fortress of Verdin. Rumours swirl of treason and betrayal from deep within Paris itself, and a new, chilling idea is raised to wash the city of counter revolutionaries once and for all: cleanse the prisons. So it is that on the 2nd of September, a group of Prisoners being escorted from one prison to another is stopped, and methodically hacked to death. The survivors face an impromptu tribunal before receiving the same treatment. Over the next few days, all prisoners across Paris are likewise judged, and many similarly damned and mutilated. A tide of bloodshed is rising, which will soon flood the streets of Paris, taking thousands of lives with it. Who will survive the massacre?
Join Dominic and Tom for the next series of the French Revolution, as they pick up this epic story - one of the most resounding and complex historical events of all time - with arguably the most horrific episode of the whole revolution: the September massacres…
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@restishistorypod
00:00 – The Blood-Soaked Streets of Paris
00:24 – A Speech to Save France
01:07 – Churchill or Danton?
02:34 – A War Going Horribly Wrong
06:06 – Paris is Paranoid
09:40 – Treason at the Front Lines
12:03 – Don’t Look in the Cellar…
16:21 – A Death Sentence in Disguise
19:20 – The First Bloodshed Begins
20:55 – Silence Before the Slaughter
25:09 – When Justice Turns to Horror
30:33 – The Most Famous Victim
37:40 – A Head on a Pike
40:04 – Propaganda and Power
45:09 – Paris Accepts the Massacre
50:00 – A Glimpse into the Future of Terror
55:10 – The Enemy is Still Marching
56:10 – A Final Stand at Valmy
Twitter:
@TheRestHistory
@holland_tom
@dcsandbrook
Producer: Theo Young-Smith
Video Editor: Jack Meek
Assistant Producer: Tabby Syrett
Executive Producers: Jack Davenport + Tony Pastor
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The French Revolution’s Most Horrific Four Days
The Rest Is History
250,095 views
Welcome to SEASON THREE of the French Revolution, as we cover The September Massacres, otherwise known as 'The First Terror'.
Watch our full series on The French Revolution here: The French Revolution
Watch the next episode in the series here: The Story of France's Most Unexpected Revo...
To get access to the rest of this season straight away, sign up here:
@restishistorypod
‘Still more traitors, still more treason…"
It is 1792 and France has been at war since April; it is not going well. In Paris, the Tuileries Palace has been stormed, and the royal family imprisoned. Meanwhile, tensions are rising between the main political factions of the Revolution, the Girondins and the Montagnard, led by the icy Maximilien Robespierre. The streets of Paris teem with armed young men - the Federes and the Sans-Culottes - responsible for the brutal slaughtering of the Swiss Guard earlier that year. They have arrested and imprisoned thousands of people. It is into this progressively febrile atmosphere of paranoia and fear that terrible news arrives: the Prussians, hungry for vengeance, have taken the fortress of Verdin. Rumours swirl of treason and betrayal from deep within Paris itself, and a new, chilling idea is raised to wash the city of counter revolutionaries once and for all: cleanse the prisons. So it is that on the 2nd of September, a group of Prisoners being escorted from one prison to another is stopped, and methodically hacked to death. The survivors face an impromptu tribunal before receiving the same treatment. Over the next few days, all prisoners across Paris are likewise judged, and many similarly damned and mutilated. A tide of bloodshed is rising, which will soon flood the streets of Paris, taking thousands of lives with it. Who will survive the massacre?
Join Dominic and Tom for the next series of the French Revolution, as they pick up this epic story - one of the most resounding and complex historical events of all time - with arguably the most horrific episode of the whole revolution: the September massacres…
Join this channel to get access to perks:
@restishistorypod
00:00 – The Blood-Soaked Streets of Paris
00:24 – A Speech to Save France
01:07 – Churchill or Danton?
02:34 – A War Going Horribly Wrong
06:06 – Paris is Paranoid
09:40 – Treason at the Front Lines
12:03 – Don’t Look in the Cellar…
16:21 – A Death Sentence in Disguise
19:20 – The First Bloodshed Begins
20:55 – Silence Before the Slaughter
25:09 – When Justice Turns to Horror
30:33 – The Most Famous Victim
37:40 – A Head on a Pike
40:04 – Propaganda and Power
45:09 – Paris Accepts the Massacre
50:00 – A Glimpse into the Future of Terror
55:10 – The Enemy is Still Marching
56:10 – A Final Stand at Valmy
Twitter:
@TheRestHistory
@holland_tom
@dcsandbrook
Producer: Theo Young-Smith
Video Editor: Jack Meek
Assistant Producer: Tabby Syrett
Executive Producers: Jack Davenport + Tony Pastor