Montagnards

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The Montagnards were the radical Jacobin-led political group that dominated the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror, advocating extreme egalitarian policies and centralization of power.

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Label Occurrences
Montagnards canonical 25
Montagnard 7
Montagnard faction 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French Revolutionary faction
political faction
radical political group
activeInPeriod French Revolution
advocated centralization of power
extreme egalitarian policies
price controls
alsoKnownAs La Montagne
linked to: The Mountain

The Mountain
associatedWithEvent Reign of Terror
basedIn National Convention
controlledBody Committee of Public Safety
country France
declineEvent Thermidorian Reaction
dominated Reign of Terror
fate lost power after fall of Robespierre in July 1794
favored centralized revolutionary government
governmentTypeSupported republic
historicalSignificance key drivers of the radical phase of the French Revolution
ideology Jacobinism
linked to: Jacobin Club

radical republicanism
languageOfName French
leader Maximilien Robespierre
nameOrigin their high seats in the National Convention
notableMember Bertrand Barère
Georges Danton
Jacques Hébert
Jean-Paul Marat
Louis Antoine de Saint-Just
Maximilien Robespierre
opposed Girondins
monarchy
opposedPolicy federalism in France
policyOrientation anti-aristocratic measures
economic interventionism
politicalPosition far-left
religiousPolicy de-Christianization campaigns (in part of the faction)
roleInGovernment dominant faction in the National Convention during the Terror
socialBase Parisian sans-culottes
radical urban workers
supported execution of Louis XVI
strong central government
supportedPolicy Law of 22 Prairial
Law of Suspects
levée en masse
maximum on prices
timePeriod 1792–1794

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Referenced by (35)

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

French Revolution majorFaction Montagnards
Girondins repressedBy Montagnards
Jean-Paul Marat politicalAlignment Montagnard
linked to: Montagnards
September Massacres relatedTo Montagnards
Reign of Terror politicalFaction Montagnards
Committee of Public Safety politicalAlignment Montagnard
linked to: Montagnards
Plain (La Plaine) opposedBy Montagnards
Plain (La Plaine) opposedFaction Montagnards
Jean-Baptiste Carrier partOf Montagnard faction
linked to: Montagnards
Georges Couthon politicalAlignment Montagnard
linked to: Montagnards
Jacques-Nicolas Billaud-Varenne politicalAlignment Montagnard
linked to: Montagnards
Élie Guadet enemyOf Montagnards
Maximilien Robespierre partOf Montagnards
subject linked to: The Incorruptible
Paris sections supported Montagnards
The Mountain alternativeName Montagnards
Paris Commune (1792) politicalAlignment Montagnard faction
linked to: Montagnards
The Terror politicalAlignment Montagnard faction
linked to: Montagnards
Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai politicalAlignment Montagnard
linked to: Montagnards
Armand Gensonné opposedBy Montagnards
The Plain influencedBy Montagnards
Fabre d’Églantine politicalAlignment Montagnard
linked to: Montagnards
Prieur de la Marne politicalAlignment Montagnard
linked to: Montagnards
Hérault de Séchelles memberOf Montagnards
Gilbert Romme memberOf Montagnards