Research topic: Girondists

Girondists or Girondins , political group of moderate republicans in the French Revolution , so called because the central members were deputies of the Gironde dept. Girondist leaders advocated continental war. Led at first by Jacques Brissot de Warville , the Girondists were known as Brissotins. Notable members were Pierre Vergniaud , Charles Dumouriez , and Jean Marie Roland de la Platière and Jeanne Manon Roland de la Platière . Representative of the educated, provincial middle class of the provinces, they were lawyers, journalists, and merchants who desired... Read more