Peter McPhee on the French Revolution: Robespierre, the King's Trial, and the Terror

Podcast: Consequential Actions Podcast · Jeff Kellick

Opublikowano: 2026-10-08

Who Decides When the Emergency Ends? Peter McPhee on the French Revolution In 1793, France gave sweeping emergency powers to a few committees. Historian Peter McPhee explains why, and why ending them became a deadly question. This is the interview episode for Week 15 of Self-Evident: The Road to 1776, "The Fork in the Road": Voltaire, Rousseau, and the Two Enlightenments. Tuesday's episode ended on the levy of February 1793 and the revolt in the Vendée: "they have killed our king, chased away our priests, and now they want to take our b...