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French Revolution

also: Francia forradalom, la Révolution

The political revolution in France (1789–99) that overthrew the monarchy and established a republic; its radical phase, the Terror (1793–94), is the setting of scene 9, in which Adam as Danton is swept up in the revolutionary violence and ultimately condemned by Robespierre.

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