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Also known as: Brissotin
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Category: History & Society
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Brissotin
Date:
c. September 1791 - c. June 1793
Related People:
Marie-Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de Condorcet
Joseph Fouché, duc d’Otrante
Jacques-Pierre Brissot
Charles-François du Périer Dumouriez
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Girondin, a label applied to a loose grouping of republican politicians, some of them originally from the département of the Gironde, who played a leading role in the Legislative Assembly from October 1791 to September 1792 during the French Revolution. Lawyers, intellectuals and journalists, the Girondins attracted a following of businessmen, merchants, industrialists, and financiers. Historians have disagreed about whether they truly constituted an organized group, and the term “Girondins” was rarely used prior to 1793. Their opponents often called them Brissotins, after their most prominent spokesman, Jacques-Pierre Brissot. The Girondins first emerged as harsh critics of the court. Through ...(100 of 653 words)

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