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Girondists

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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
Girondist
Girondist a member of the French moderate republican Party in power during the Revolution 1791–3, so called because the party leaders were the deputies from the department of the Gironde in SW France. Read more
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