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Maximilien Robespierre  

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  • Maximilien Robespierre was one of the principal political figures of the French Revolution. Today he is known primarily as the instigator of the Jacobin Terror (also known as the Reign of Terror) and the leader of the Committee of Public Safety. [Source: Encyclopedia of Political Theory; Robespierre, Maximilien]

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