Girondins

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political faction revolutionary group

The Girondins were a prominent moderate republican political group during the French Revolution, known for advocating war against foreign monarchies and opposing the radical Jacobins.

Aliases (2)

Girondin ×1
Girondin leaders ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	political faction → revolutionary group →
activeInPeriod	French Revolution →
advocated	war against foreign monarchies →
associatedWithCity	Bordeaux →
associatedWithSocialBase	commercial and professional classes → provincial bourgeoisie →
country	France →
downfallEvent	Insurrection of 31 May – 2 June 1793 →
fateOfLeaders	many leaders executed by guillotine in 1793 →
heldPowerUntil	June 1793 →
historicalReputation	often contrasted with radical Jacobins → seen as moderate republicans →
ideology	republicanism →
influentialPeriod	1791–1793 →
language	French →
member	Armand Gensonné → Charles Barbaroux → Jacques-Pierre Brissot → Jean Antoine Debry → Jean-Baptiste Louvet de Couvrai → Jean-Marie Roland → Madame Roland → Marguerite-Élie Guadet → Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud → Thomas Paine (sympathizer and associated deputy) → Élie Guadet →
namedAfter	Girondin deputies from the Gironde department →
notableTrial	trial of the Girondins (1793) →
opposed	Parisian sans-culotte radicalism → radicalization of the Revolution →
opposedBy	Jacobins →
opposes	Jacobins →
politicalBody	Legislative Assembly of France → National Convention of France →
politicalGoal	constitutional republic → expansion of revolutionary principles through war →
politicalPosition	moderate →
positionOnCentralization	favored decentralization → opposed dominance of Paris →
positionOnMonarchy	favored constitutional monarchy early in the Revolution → later supported a republic →
regionOfOrigin	Gironde →
repressedBy	Committee of Public Safety → Montagnards →
supported	French Revolutionary Wars → economic liberalism → freedom of the press → representative government →

Referenced by (15)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Montagnards → Society of Friends of the Constitution →	opposed
Committee of Public Safety → Plain (La Plaine) →	opposedBy
Plain (La Plaine) → Reign of Terror →	opposedFaction
Legislative Assembly (France) → National Convention →	politicalFaction
French National Convention →	containedFaction
Legislative Assembly →	hasPoliticalGroup
French Revolution →	majorFaction
Jacobin Club →	opposedGroup
Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Étienne ("Girondin") →	politicalAlignment
September Massacres →	relatedTo
French National Convention ("Girondin leaders") →	tried