Jacobin

In the context of the French Revolution, a Jacobin originally meant a member of the Jacobin Club (1789-1794). But even while the Club still existed, the name of Jacobins had been popularly applied to all promulgators of extreme revolutionary opinions; "Jacobin democracy" for example is synonymous with totalitarian democracy. In contemporary France this term refers to the concept of a centralised Republic, with power concentrated in the national government, at the expense of local or regional governments. Similarly, Jacobinism sought to stamp out minority languages in France, such as Breton, Basque, Proven?al and Alsatian, which it perceived as reactionary. This influenced French educational policy until well into the twentieth century.

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Jacobinism is not related to Jacobitism or the English Jacobean period.

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French Revolution: During the French Revolution (1789-1799) democracy and republicanism overthrew the absolute monarchy in France, and the French portion of the Roman Catholic Church was forced to undergo radical restructuring. While France would oscillate among republic, empire, and monarchy for 75 years after the Fi...

Jacobin Club: The Jacobin Club, the most famous of the political clubs of the French Revolution, had its origin in the Club Breton, which formed at Versailles shortly after the opening of the Estates General in 1789....

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Jacobin related Images and Photos (experimental)

Meeting of the Jacobin Club 1791

Meeting of the Jacobin Club January 1792