Sans culottes septrmber to december Flashcards
september massacres
revolutionary tribunal
fall of the girodins
Sans culottes became increasingly militant as the war went badly and prices rose; food prices rose from 90% from 1971 and 1973
marat published articles in ‘l ami du pupele’ blanking the girodins for frances problems; which followed a series of sans culottes-led attacks on girodin printing presses 9-10th march
on the 12 April 1793, the girodins tried marat and arrested him under the revolutionary tribunal, but was acquitted 2 days later
delighted the sans culottes and the girodins were painted as ‘enemies of liberty’
leadup to the 2 june
On 3 may 8,000 sans culottes surrounded the convention demanding price controls on bread, jacobin passed the first law of the general maximum
the girodins opposed, thus an alliance between the jacobin and sans culottes ensued
2 June
a crowd between 80,000 and 100,000 assembled around the convention; the girodins were expelled
29 girodins expelled and out on house arrest
Jacobin constitution
24th june
was endorsed by a national plebiscite with 1.8m to 11k
it was agressively egalitarian:
- universal male sufferage
- every man had a right to express himself politically
- everyone is entitled to public assistance
BUT IT WAS SUSPENDED BECAUSE OF THE WAR
growing influence of sans culottes- death of marat
In order to remove the ‘moderating voice’ of the convention, the jacobin had to ‘sell themselves’ to the sans culottes
13th july marat was murdered by charlotte corday, a girodin.
sans culottes demanded justice and their calls for action threatened the authority of the CPS and convention
5th september
dissapointed over the outcome of the 2 june journee. still had not been granted a revolutionary army
sans culottes marched on the convention demanding price control, punishment on grain hoarders and an attack on counter revolutionaries, the jacobin had to choice but to give in
Establishment of the revolutionary army
9th september
to force farmers to surrender grain and attack hoarders
raised in paris
40,000 members
law of suspects and general maximum
17th sept law of suspects- created the revolutionary tribunal
29th september new law of general maximum- set prices as the same as 1790 plus 1/3
law of frimaire
4th december 1793
centralised power in the cps and stopped representants en mission from taking action without the authority of the committee
curbed power of the SC
impact of the lawnofnfrimqire
rev army was disbanded from paris and popular societies and patriotic communities were closed down
imposed strict censorship, limiting agitation of cps
cps given dictatorial powers, decision making is made in paris. local officers are purged and replaced by national agents who reported directly to the CPS
dechristianisation
driven by herbertists/sc and some representatives on mission
10th november 1793 herbert ‘festive of reason’
all churches shut down and transformed into ‘temples of reason’ e.g notre dame
widespread vandalism of churches and priests were attacked
