Extreme revolutionary, especially of French revolution of 1789.
A member of the radical movement that instituted the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.
Member of an extremist republican club of the French Revolution founded at Versailles 1789. Helped by Danton’s speeches, they proclaimed the French republic, had the king executed, and overthrew the moderate Girondists 1792–93. Through the Committee of Public Safety, they began the Reign of Terror, led by Robespierre. After his execution 1794, the club was abandoned and the name “Jacobin” passed into general use for any left-wing extremist.
The Jacobins were so called because they used a former Jacobin (Dominican) friary as their headquarters in Paris.
Extremist or radical in politics. + prikaži više