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sans-culottes
sans-culottes [French,=without knee breeches], a term loosely applied to the lower classes in France during the French Revolution. The name was derived from the fact that these people wore long trousers instead of the knee breeches worn by the upper classes. The term applied to the sectionary "elites" in Paris connected with the Jacobins and to the popular masses aroused during the revolutionary journées (mass protests). Sans-culottism referred to the collectivist ideology that valued fraternity above liberty and demanded economic controls. With the suicide of Roux and the fall of Hébert , sans-culotte power was neutralized. The enragés were a distinct group of sans-culottes.
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"sans-culottes." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "sans-culottes." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-sansculo.html "sans-culottes." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-sansculo.html |
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sansculotte
sansculotte Originally, a member of the volunteer republican ‘army’ of the early FRENCH REVOLUTION. ‘Sansculotte’ (‘without knee-breeches’), was chosen by the revolutionaries to describe the labourer's loose-fitting linen garment worn by their supporters. During the Reign of Terror public functionaries styled themselves citoyens sansculottes, with a distinctive costume: pantalon (long trousers), carmagnole (short-skirted coat), red cap of liberty, and sabots (wooden clogs).
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"sansculotte." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "sansculotte." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-sansculotte.html "sansculotte." A Dictionary of World History. 2000. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O48-sansculotte.html |
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sansculotte
sansculotte a lower-class Parisian republican in the French Revolution; the name, meaning literally ‘without knee-breeches’, is usually explained as someone wearing trousers as opposed to knee-breeches. The term is first recorded in English in the Annual Register for 1790.
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "sansculotte." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "sansculotte." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-sansculotte.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "sansculotte." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-sansculotte.html |
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sansculotte
sansculotte in the French Revolution, a republican of the poorer classes in Paris. XVIII. — F., f. sans without + culotte knee-breeches; usu. taken to mean lit. ‘one who wears trousers (pantalon), not knee-breeches’.
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T. F. HOAD. "sansculotte." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "sansculotte." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-sansculotte.html T. F. HOAD. "sansculotte." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-sansculotte.html |
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