Feuillant faction
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The Feuillant faction was a moderate political group during the French Revolution that sought to preserve a constitutional monarchy and oppose the more radical Jacobins.
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French Revolutionary political group
ⓘ
political faction ⓘ |
| activeInPeriod | French Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | Paris ⓘ |
| conflictWith |
Cordeliers Club
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Parisian popular movement ⓘ |
| consideredByOpponents | counter-revolutionary ⓘ |
| country | France ⓘ |
| declineCause |
fall of the monarchy on 10 August 1792
ⓘ
growing radicalization of the French Revolution ⓘ |
| disbandedAfter | insurrection of 10 August 1792 ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance | represented moderate constitutional monarchist current during the French Revolution ⓘ |
| ideology | constitutional monarchism ⓘ |
| language | French ⓘ |
| legislativeBodyActiveIn | Legislative Assembly of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| metAt | Feuillant Club NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Couvent des Feuillants NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Adrien Duport
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Alexandre de Lameth NERFINISHED ⓘ Antoine Barnave NERFINISHED ⓘ Jean Sylvain Bailly NERFINISHED ⓘ Marquis de Lafayette NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedFormOfGovernment |
radical democracy
ⓘ
republicanism ⓘ |
| opposedTo |
Jacobin Club
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
radical Jacobins ⓘ |
| politicalGoal |
defense of property rights
ⓘ
stabilization of the Revolution ⓘ |
| politicalPosition | moderate ⓘ |
| positionOnKing | sought to maintain Louis XVI on the throne with limited powers ⓘ |
| positionOnWar | generally supportive of war to defend the Revolution under the monarchy ⓘ |
| precededBy | Constitutional monarchist wing of the Jacobin Club NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialBase |
bourgeoisie
ⓘ
moderate nobles ⓘ professional classes ⓘ |
| soughtTo |
limit the power of radical popular movements
ⓘ
preserve the monarchy under a constitution ⓘ |
| supportedDocument | French Constitution of 1791 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportedFormOfGovernment | constitutional monarchy ⓘ |
| supportedMonarch | Louis XVI of France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeframe | circa 1791–1792 ⓘ |
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