A reference article on the mass drownings Jean-Baptiste Carrier ordered at Nantes between November 1793 and February 1794, covering the method (prisoners bound onto scuttled barges in the Loire), the range of death-toll estimates historians have offered, the mix of refractory priests, Vendean rebels, women and children among the victims, and Carrier's own arrest, trial and execution in December 1794. Published by a nonprofit history-education organization with a named editorial board and citation practice.
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Reliability TierReference-encyclopedia tier 3, editorially reviewed; the standard secondary account of this specific episode, its own death-toll range (1,800 to 4,800, with some sources reaching 10,000) matched against the broader historiography of Carrier's mission. Citation
PublisherWorld History Encyclopedia 1 URLhttps://www.worldhistory.org/Drownings_at_Nantes/ 1 Sources
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- Religious Events, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
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