Title: The people's armies
Description: "...As well as to carry out arrest warrants and guard political prisoners, the Convention authorized local authorities to create paramilitary forces. About 50 such armées révolutionnaires came into being as ambulatory instruments of the Terror in the provinces."--www.britannica.com.
Subjects: History, France, history, revolution, 1789-1799, Politics and government, 15.00 history: general, 89.83 warfare, Armee, Französische Revolution, Politische Verfolgung, Volksheer, France
Places: France
Time periods: Revolution, 1789-1799, Revolution, 1793-1794