War in the Vendée was not until the social unrest and the fear of The Terror (a period between 1793–94 where tens of thousands of people were beheaded by use of guillotine) combined with the external pressures from the Civil Constitution of the Clergy (1790) and the introduction of a levy of 300,000 on the whole of France, decreed by the National Convention in February 1793, that the region erupted. The Civil Constitution of the Clergy required all clerics to swear allegiance to it and, by extension, to the increasingly anti-clerical National Constituent Assembly. All but seven of the 160 bishops refused the oath,
Reign of Terror (Sleigh Bells album) Reign of Terror (Sleigh Bells album) Reign of Terror is the second studio album by American noise pop duo Sleigh Bells. The album was released on February 21, 2012 by Mom+Pop. Following the critical success of their debut album "Treats", Sleigh Bells started writing new material for their next album while on tour for their debut album, and recorded it over the course of five months in 2011. While "Treats" used a mixture of guitars and beats that eschewed pop song structures for their overall sound, "Reign of Terror" emphasized more guitar sounds that follow structures with emotionally heavy lyrics.