Montagnards in the National Convention
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The Montagnards in the National Convention were the radical Jacobin-led faction that dominated the French Revolution’s legislature during its most extreme phase, championing popular democracy, centralization, and the Reign of Terror.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Montagnards in the National Convention canonical | 2 |
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
parliamentary group
ⓘ
political faction ⓘ revolutionary group ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1794 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1792 ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | The Mountain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | Paris ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| declineEvent | Thermidorian Reaction NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dominantPeriod | Reign of Terror NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | key drivers of the radical phase of the French Revolution ⓘ |
| ideology |
Jacobinism
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
centralization of power ⓘ popular democracy ⓘ radical republicanism ⓘ |
| implemented |
Law of Suspects
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Law of the Maximum NERFINISHED ⓘ centralized war effort ⓘ revolutionary tribunals for political enemies ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Enlightenment ideas
ⓘ
Rousseau’s concept of the general will ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| leader |
Bertrand Barère
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Collot d’Herbois NERFINISHED ⓘ Couthon NERFINISHED ⓘ Georges Danton NERFINISHED ⓘ Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean-Paul Marat NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis Antoine de Saint-Just NERFINISHED ⓘ Maximilien Robespierre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | their high seats in the assembly ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
Girondins
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
federalism in France ⓘ monarchy ⓘ |
| partOf |
French Revolution
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
National Convention NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalPosition | far-left ⓘ |
| socialBase |
Parisian sans-culottes
ⓘ
radical sections of Paris ⓘ urban working classes ⓘ |
| succeededBy | Thermidorians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supported |
Committee of Public Safety
NERFINISHED
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Reign of Terror NERFINISHED ⓘ abolition of the monarchy ⓘ centralized revolutionary government ⓘ establishment of the French Republic ⓘ price controls ⓘ universal male suffrage ⓘ |
| usedMethod |
economic controls
ⓘ
mass conscription ⓘ political terror ⓘ revolutionary tribunals ⓘ |
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