Paris sections

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The Paris sections were the radical neighborhood assemblies of revolutionary Paris that played a key role in mobilizing popular insurrections and shaping the course of the French Revolution.

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Label Occurrences
Paris sections canonical 3
ParisSections 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf local assembly ⓘ
popular political organization ⓘ
revolutionary political institution ⓘ
abolishedBy Thermidorian Reaction ⓘ
activeInPeriod French Revolution ⓘ
composedOf active citizens of Paris ⓘ
sans‑culottes ⓘ
country France ⓘ
documentedIn decrees of the National Convention ⓘ
minutes of sectional assemblies ⓘ
endTime 1795 ⓘ
function electing representatives to Paris Commune ⓘ
electing representatives to national assemblies ⓘ
governingBody General assemblies of each section ⓘ
hadInstitution revolutionary committees ⓘ
sectional clubs ⓘ
historicalSignificance center of sans‑culotte political activity ⓘ
instrument of revolutionary terror at local level ⓘ
key actor in overthrow of the French monarchy ⓘ
ideology popular sovereignty ⓘ
radical republicanism ⓘ
influenced Paris Commune (revolutionary government) ⓘ
linked to: Paris Commune

development of direct democracy practices ⓘ
influencedBy sans‑culotte movement ⓘ
language French ⓘ
legalStatus electoral districts of Paris ⓘ
locatedIn Paris ⓘ
numberOfSubdivisions 48 ⓘ
opposedTo Girondins ⓘ
monarchy of Louis XVI ⓘ
linked to: Bourbon monarchy
regulates distribution of food and basic supplies ⓘ
local policing in Paris neighborhoods ⓘ
replacedBy Paris arrondissements ⓘ
linked to: V arrondissement
role control of local National Guard units ⓘ
implementation of revolutionary laws at neighborhood level ⓘ
local administration ⓘ
mobilization of popular insurrections ⓘ
organization of petitions and deputations ⓘ
political radicalization in Paris ⓘ
pressure on the National Convention ⓘ
surveillance of suspected counter‑revolutionaries ⓘ
significantEvent Insurrection of 31 May–2 June 1793 ⓘ
September Massacres (1792) ⓘ
linked to: September Massacres

Storming of the Tuileries Palace (10 August 1792) ⓘ
startTime 1789 ⓘ
subdivisionOf Commune of Paris ⓘ
supported Montagnards ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

editing L'Ami du peuple → relatedTo → ParisSections ⓘ
linked to: Paris sections