Le Vieux Cordelier

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Le Vieux Cordelier was a revolutionary newspaper founded by French journalist and politician Camille Desmoulins that became notable for its criticism of the excesses of the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.

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Le Vieux Cordelier canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf newspaper
revolutionary newspaper
advocatedFor clemency
end of mass executions
freedom of the press
associatedWith Camille Desmoulins
Cordeliers Club
Georges Danton
author Camille Desmoulins
circulationArea Paris
countryOfOrigin France
creator Camille Desmoulins
criticized Committee of Public Safety
Maximilien Robespierre
excesses of the Reign of Terror
endCause suppression by revolutionary authorities
genre political journalism
revolutionary propaganda
hasAuthor Camille Desmoulins
hasPart series of pamphlet-like issues
historicalPeriod French Revolution
historicalSignificance symbol of opposition to revolutionary terror
inception 1793
inspiredBy Enlightenment philosophy
Roman republican ideals
languageOfWorkOrName French
locationOfCreation Paris
mainSubject French Revolution
Reign of Terror
mediaType print
namedAfter Cordeliers Club
notableFor criticism of the Reign of Terror
moderate revolutionary stance
role in fall of Dantonists
opposedBy Committee of Public Safety
Jacobin Club
surface form: Jacobins
politicalAlignment Georges Danton
surface form: Dantonist

republicanism
publicationFrequency irregular
publicationPlace Paris
publisher Camille Desmoulins
targetAudience French revolutionaries
Parisian political clubs
timePeriod Reign of Terror
title Le Vieux Cordelier self-link
usedRhetoricalDevice classical allusions
satire

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Camille Desmoulins wrote Le Vieux Cordelier
Camille Desmoulins notableWork Le Vieux Cordelier
Le Vieux Cordelier title Le Vieux Cordelier self-link
Desmoulins notableWork Le Vieux Cordelier
subject surface form: Camille Desmoulins