A successful lawyer in Arras, he soon gained a reputation for being "incorruptible" among his associates. After he became a l
A successful lawyer in Arras, he soon gained a reputation for being "incorruptible" among his associates. After he became a leading member of the Montagnards, he later tried to set up his "cult of the supreme being" to replace Christianity during the revolution. After he had his friend Danton executed, though, his virtual dictatorship would come to an end with the Thermidorian Reaction. A leader of the Jacobins, this was, FTP, what leader of the Committee of  Public Safety who established the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution?
A successful lawyer in Arras, he soon gained a reputation for being "incorruptible" among his associates.