Daniel Arasse argued that this event amounted to an inverted baptismal rite.
Daniel Arasse argued that this event amounted to an inverted baptismal rite. A book by John Barrell discusses fantasies that this event may have provoked in England. The Mailhe (MAY-leh) Amendment proposed to delay this event after the lawyer Lamoignon-Malesherbes (lah-mwan-YON-mahl-ZERB) failed to prevent it. According to legend, a Freemason shouted "Jacques de Molay, thou art revenged!" after this event. Antoine Joseph Santerre ordered a drumroll to drown out the last words of this event's victim, whom Santerre had captured during the failed &amp;ight to Varennes. This event was preceded by a procession from the Temple prison to the Place de la Révolution, where a guillotine had been set up. For 10 points, name this 1793 event that ended the Ancien Régime (ahn-see-EN RAY-zheem) by extinguishing the life of the king of France.
Daniel Arasse argued that this event amounted to an inverted baptismal rite.
execution of Louis XVI ("the 16th") [accept equivalents such as killing of Louis XVI or guillotining of Louis XVI; accept Louis Capet or Louis-Auguste in place of "Louis XVI"; prompt on "trial of Louis XVI" or answers mentioning "execution or killing of Louis" without his regnal number]