Jacobin Club

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French Revolutionary group political club revolutionary organization

The Jacobin Club was a radical political organization during the French Revolution that championed republicanism, centralization, and the Reign of Terror under leaders like Robespierre.

Aliases (9)

Jacobins ×10
Jacobinism ×4
Jacobin ×2
Jacobin deputies of the National Convention ×1
Jacobins Club ×1
Jakobinler ×1
Maximilien Robespierre ×1
Society of the Friends of the Constitution sitting at the Feuillants ×1
Society of the Jacobins ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French Revolutionary group → political club → revolutionary organization →
activeIn	French Revolution →
associatedWithEvent	Reign of Terror →
country	France →
dissolvedInPeriod	1794 →
foundedInPeriod	1789 →
headquartersLocation	Paris →
ideology	anti-monarchism → centralization → popular sovereignty → radical democracy → republicanism →
influenced	French revolutionary government → radical republican movements in Europe →
influencedEvent	Reign of Terror →
languageOfName	French →
meetingPlace	Dominican convent on Rue Saint-Honoré, Paris →
membershipBase	bourgeoisie → radical sans-culottes →
namedAfter	Jacobin convent →
notableLeader	Georges Couthon → Louis Antoine de Saint-Just → Maximilien Robespierre →
notableMember	Bertrand Barère → Camille Desmoulins → Georges Danton → Jean-Baptiste Carrier → Jean-Paul Marat →
opposedFormOfGovernment	absolute monarchy → constitutional monarchy →
opposedGroup	Feuillants → Girondins → royalists →
originalName	Society of the Friends of the Constitution →
peakInfluencePeriod	1793–1794 →
politicalGoal	abolition of the monarchy → establishment of a unitary republic →
politicalPosition	far-left →
supportedFormOfGovernment	republic →
supportedInstitution	Committee of Public Safety →
supportedPolicy	centralized state power → dechristianization campaigns → mass conscription → price controls →
usedMethod	political terror → purges of political opponents → revolutionary tribunals →

Referenced by (32)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Antoine Barnave ("Jacobins Club") → Bertrand Barère ("Jacobins") → Georges Couthon ("Jacobins") → Jacques-Louis David → Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne → Jean-Baptiste Carrier → Jean-Paul Marat → Louis Antoine de Saint-Just → Maximilien Robespierre →	memberOf
Society of Friends of the Constitution → Society of Friends of the Constitution ("Society of the Jacobins") →	alsoKnownAs
Dominican convent on Rue Saint-Honoré, Paris → Jacobin convent →	associatedWith
French First Republic ("Jacobinism") → Montagnards ("Jacobinism") →	ideology
Charlotte Corday ("Jacobins") → Feuillants ("Jacobins") →	opposedTo
Legislative Assembly (France) ("Jacobins") → National Convention ("Jacobins") →	politicalFaction
Feuillants ("Society of the Friends of the Constitution sitting at the Feuillants") →	alternativeName
Jacques-Louis David ("Maximilien Robespierre") →	closeTo
The Tennis Court Oath (unfinished) →	commissionedBy
Legislative Assembly ("Jacobins") →	hasPoliticalGroup
Bonapartism ("Jacobinism") →	influencedBy
French Revolution ("Jacobins") →	majorFaction
Maximilien Robespierre ("Jacobinism") →	movement
Nâzim Hikmet ("Jakobinler") →	notableWork
Girondins ("Jacobins") →	opposedBy
Girondins ("Jacobins") →	opposes
Jacques-Louis David ("Jacobin") →	politicalAlignment
French Constitution of 1793 ("Jacobin") →	politicalOrientation
Jacobin convent ("Jacobin deputies of the National Convention") →	usedBy