Society of the Friends of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

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The Society of the Friends of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, commonly known as the Cordeliers Club, was a radical popular political club during the French Revolution that championed direct democracy, social equality, and revolutionary vigilance.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French Revolution political group ⓘ
political club ⓘ
revolutionary organization ⓘ
activeDuring French Revolution ⓘ
aim defense of the rights of man and of the citizen ⓘ
promotion of direct political action by citizens ⓘ
surveillance of public officials ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Cordeliers Club ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Champ de Mars massacre ⓘ
petitioning for the abolition of the monarchy ⓘ
country France ⓘ
dissolvedInPeriod Thermidorian Reaction ⓘ
foundedInPeriod 1789–1790 ⓘ
historicalEra Age of Revolution ⓘ
linked to: Age of Revolutions
ideology anticlericalism ⓘ
direct democracy ⓘ
popular sovereignty ⓘ
republicanism ⓘ
revolutionary vigilance ⓘ
social equality ⓘ
influenced popular revolutionary movement in Paris ⓘ
languageOfOrganization French ⓘ
legacy symbol of radical popular democracy in the French Revolution ⓘ
locatedIn Paris ⓘ
meetingPlace former Cordeliers Convent, Paris ⓘ
membershipPolicy low membership fees ⓘ
open to broad popular participation ⓘ
namedAfter Cordeliers Convent ⓘ
notableMember Camille Desmoulins ⓘ
Georges Danton ⓘ
Jacques Hébert ⓘ
Jean-Paul Marat ⓘ
Pierre-Gaspard Chaumette ⓘ
opposedTo constitutional monarchy ⓘ
monarchy ⓘ
organizationalForm open popular club ⓘ
politicalPosition far-left ⓘ
radical ⓘ
relationshipTo rival of the Jacobin Club ⓘ
socialBase Parisian artisans ⓘ
sans-culottes ⓘ
small shopkeepers ⓘ
urban workers ⓘ
supported freedom of the press ⓘ
popular participation in government ⓘ
right of insurrection ⓘ
social welfare measures ⓘ
universal male suffrage ⓘ

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Cordeliers Club → alternativeName → Society of the Friends of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen ⓘ