The French Revolution - When Justice and Reason Became Terror #880482

Let’s start with a paradox. Imagine a movement forged in the name of liberty, equality and fraternity—the ideals of freedom, rectitude and human connectedness.
Now, imagine that same movement chopping poets, professors, and priests heads off. And that, in a nutshell, is the story of the French Revolution.
It is not merely a story of revolution, but about a transformation that became so distant from its ideal that it ultimately devoured its own designers.
France in 1789 was not a blank canvas. It was a stage crowded with centuries of monarchy, tradition, and hierarchy. And yet, within just a few years, those long-standing pillars collapsed.