Title: Jacobin - Wikipedia
Headings: Jacobin
Jacobin
Jacobin Club
Contents
History
Foundation
Transfer to Paris
Growth
Character
Polarization between Robespierrists and Girondins
Opposition between Montagnards and Girondins in the National Convention
Girondins disbarred from the National Convention
Montagnard rule and civil war
Closure
Reunion of Jacobin adherents
Influence
Political influence
Left-wing politics
Cultural influence
List of presidents of the Jacobin Club
Electoral results
See also
References
Bibliography
Further reading
Primary sources
External links

Content: 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
Headquarters
Dominican convent, Rue Saint-Honoré, Paris
Region
France
Methods
From democratic initiatives to public violence
Membership (1793)
Around 500,000
Official language
French
President
Antoine Barnave (first)
Maximilien Robespierre (last)
Key people
Brissot, Robespierre, Duport, Marat, Desmoulins, Mirabeau, Danton, Billaud-Varenne, Barras, Collot d'Herbois, Saint-Just
Subsidiaries
Newspapers
L'Ami du peuple
Le Vieux Cordelier
Affiliations
All groups in the National Convention
Montagnards
Girondins
Maraisards
The Society of the Friends of the Constitution ( French: Société des amis de la Constitution ), renamed the Society of the Jacobins, Friends of Freedom and Equality ( Société des Jacobins, amis de la liberté et de l'égalité) after 1792 and commonly known as the Jacobin Club ( Club des Jacobins) or simply the Jacobins ( / ˈdʒækəbɪn /; French: [ ʒakɔbɛ̃] ), was the most influential political club during the French Revolution of 1789. The period of its political ascendancy includes the Reign of Terror, during which time well over ten thousand people were put on trial and executed in France, many for political crimes. Initially founded in 1789 by anti-royalist deputies from Brittany, the club grew into a nationwide republican movement, with a membership estimated at a half million or more. The Jacobin Club was heterogeneous and included both prominent parliamentary factions of the early 1790s, The Mountain and the Girondins. In 1792–1793, the Girondins were more prominent in leading France when they declared war on Austria and on Prussia, overthrew King Louis XVI, and set up the French First Republic. In May 1793 the leaders of the Mountain faction led by Maximilien Robespierre succeeded in sidelining the Girondin faction and controlled the government until July 1794.