Jacques-Pierre Brissot1792
Leads a pro-war faction in the Jacobin Party & founds the Girondins
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Leads a pro-war faction in the Jacobin Party & founds the Girondins
Leads a pro-war faction in the Jacobin Party and founds the Girondins.
The collective name "Girondins" is used to describe a "a loosely knit group of French deputies who contested the Montagnards for control of the National Convention".
The name itself was bestowed not by any of its alleged members but from the Montagnards, "who claimed as early as April 1792 that a counterrevolutionary faction had coalesced around deputies of the department of the Gironde.
They were never an official organization or political party.
Madame Roland and her husband defected from the Jacobins in early 1792 and, with Jacques-Pierre Brissot, formed the moderate Girondin party
Madame Roland and her husband defected from the Jacobins in early 1792 and, with Jacques-Pierre Brissot, formed the moderate Girondin party.
Madame Roland, whose salon became a gathering place, had a powerful influence on the spirit and policy of the Girondins
Madame Roland, whose salon became a gathering place, had a powerful influence on the spirit and policy of the Girondins.
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