# September Massacres (1792)

URL: https://history-france.com/timeline/1792-september-massacres
Location: Paris

Crowds killed prisoners amid fears of invasion and counterrevolution. Within the broader French Revolution period, The Revolution dismantled legal privilege and absolute monarchy, declared new rights and created a republic. War, popular mobilization, civil conflict and political terror repeatedly transformed the revolutionary state. At this point in the timeline, the relevant governing authority is Provisional Executive Council (Transitional revolutionary executive). September Massacres mattered because collective action and political conflict altered the relationship between society and governing authority. The event is positioned here so visitors can read it alongside changes in government, warfare, society, religion, culture and France’s wider international setting.

## Why it matters
September Massacres mattered because collective action and political conflict altered the relationship between society and governing authority.

Ruler at the time: [National Convention](https://history-france.com/rulers/national-convention)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — September Massacres](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=September+Massacres&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — September Massacres](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=September+Massacres)
- [Vie-publique — French institutions and history](https://www.vie-publique.fr/)