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'''Republican marriage''' ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language French]: '''''mariage républicain''''') was a form of execution that allegedly occurred in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nantes Nantes] during the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reign_of_Terror Reign of Terror] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution Revolutionary France] and "involved tying a naked man and woman together and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drowning drowning] them". This was reported to have been practiced during the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drownings_at_Nantes drownings at Nantes] (''noyades'') that were ordered by local [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobin_%28politics%29 Jacobin] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representative-on-mission representative-on-mission] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Carrier Jean-Baptiste Carrier] between November 1793 and January 1794 in the city of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nantes Nantes]. Most accounts indicate that the victims were drowned in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loire_River Loire River], although a few sources describe an alternative means of execution in which the bound couple is run through with a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword sword], either before, or instead of drowning.

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	'''Republican marriage''' ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language French]: '''''mariage républicain''''') was a form of execution that allegedly occurred in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nantes Nantes] during the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reign_of_Terror Reign of Terror] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution Revolutionary France] and "involved tying a naked man and woman together and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drowning drowning] them". This was reported to have been practiced during the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drownings_at_Nantes drownings at Nantes] (''noyades'') that were ordered by local [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobin_%28politics%29 Jacobin] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representative-on-mission representative-on-mission] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Carrier Jean-Baptiste Carrier] between November 1793 and January 1794 in the city of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nantes Nantes]. Most accounts indicate that the victims were drowned in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loire_River Loire River], although a few sources describe an alternative means of execution in which the bound couple is run through with a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword sword], either before, or instead of drowning.		'''Republican marriage''' ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language French]: '''''mariage républicain''''') was a form of execution that allegedly occurred in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nantes Nantes] during the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reign_of_Terror Reign of Terror] in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution Revolutionary France] and "involved tying a naked man and woman together and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drowning drowning] them". This was reported to have been practiced during the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drownings_at_Nantes drownings at Nantes] (''noyades'') that were ordered by local [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobin_%28politics%29 Jacobin] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representative-on-mission representative-on-mission] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Baptiste_Carrier Jean-Baptiste Carrier] between November 1793 and January 1794 in the city of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nantes Nantes]. Most accounts indicate that the victims were drowned in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loire_River Loire River], although a few sources describe an alternative means of execution in which the bound couple is run through with a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword sword], either before, or instead of drowning.