Jacobin Club |
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Motto | "Live free or die"(French: Vivre libre ou mourir) |
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Successor | Panthéon Club |
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Formation | 1789 |
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Type | Parliamentary group |
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Legal status | Inactive |
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Purpose/focus | Establishment of a Jacobin society * 1789–1791: abolition of the Ancien Régime, creation of a parliament, introduction of a Constitution and separation of powers * 1791–1795: establishment of a republic, fusion of powers into the National Convention and establishment of an authoritarian-democratic state |
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Headquarters | Dominican convent, Rue Saint-Honoré, Paris |
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Membership | Around 500,000Brinton, Crane (2011) [1930]. The Jacobins: An Essay in the New History. Transaction Publishers. p. xix. ISBN 9781412848107. Retrieved 16 April 2015. |
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Official languages | French |
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President | Antoine Barnave (first)Maximilien Robespierre (last) |
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Key people | Brissot, Robespierre, Duport, Marat, Desmoulins, Mirabeau, Danton, Billaud-Varenne, Barras, Collot d'Herbois, Saint-Just |
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Affiliations | All groups in the National Convention * Montagnards * Girondins * Maraisards |
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