Montagnards
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The Montagnards were the radical Jacobin-led political group that dominated the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror, advocating extreme egalitarian policies and centralization of power.
Aliases (2)
- Montagnard ×4
- Montagnard faction ×1
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French Revolutionary faction
→
political faction → radical political group → |
| activeInPeriod |
French Revolution
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| advocated |
centralization of power
→
extreme egalitarian policies → price controls → |
| alsoKnownAs |
La Montagne
→
The Mountain → |
| associatedWithEvent |
Reign of Terror
→
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| basedIn |
National Convention
→
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| controlledBody |
Committee of Public Safety
→
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| country |
France
→
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| declineEvent |
Thermidorian Reaction
→
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| dominated |
Reign of Terror
→
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| fate |
lost power after fall of Robespierre in July 1794
→
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| favored |
centralized revolutionary government
→
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| governmentTypeSupported |
republic
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| historicalSignificance |
key drivers of the radical phase of the French Revolution
→
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| ideology |
Jacobinism
→
radical republicanism → |
| languageOfName |
French
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| leader |
Maximilien Robespierre
→
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| nameOrigin |
their high seats in the National Convention
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|
| notableMember |
Bertrand Barère
→
Georges Danton → Jacques Hébert → Jean-Paul Marat → Louis Antoine de Saint-Just → Maximilien Robespierre → |
| opposed |
Girondins
→
monarchy → |
| opposedPolicy |
federalism in France
→
|
| policyOrientation |
anti-aristocratic measures
→
economic interventionism → |
| politicalPosition |
far-left
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|
| religiousPolicy |
de-Christianization campaigns (in part of the faction)
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| roleInGovernment |
dominant faction in the National Convention during the Terror
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| socialBase |
Parisian sans-culottes
→
radical urban workers → |
| supported |
execution of Louis XVI
→
strong central government → |
| supportedPolicy |
Law of 22 Prairial
→
Law of Suspects → levée en masse → maximum on prices → |
| timePeriod |
1792–1794
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|
Referenced by (17)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Committee of Public Safety
("Montagnard")
→
Georges Couthon ("Montagnard") → Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne ("Montagnard") → Jean-Paul Marat ("Montagnard") → |
politicalAlignment |
|
Camille Desmoulins
→
Legislative Assembly (France) → National Convention → Reign of Terror → |
politicalFaction |
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French Constitution of 1793
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associatedWith |
|
French National Convention
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containedFaction |
|
Legislative Assembly
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hasPoliticalGroup |
|
French Revolution
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majorFaction |
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Plain (La Plaine)
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opposedBy |
|
Plain (La Plaine)
→
|
opposedFaction |
|
Jean-Baptiste Carrier
("Montagnard faction")
→
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partOf |
|
September Massacres
→
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relatedTo |
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Girondins
→
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repressedBy |