sep 23, 1792 - first meeting of National Convention

Description:

Jacobins & Girondins dominate proceedings —> the clubs are a communication channel

Far more left-wing that LA (due to fear of voting)
24 deputies for Paris = many of the most militant Jacobins + Cordeliers (all tend to be known as
Jacobins now)

Results:
Montagnards (Jacobins) — 200
La Plaine (The Plain — Unaffiliated) — 389
did not vote in a coherent patters, supported neither one nor the other
Girondins — 160
These are clubs, not parties! —> very ambiguous, loose association (could be both, flipping
back & forth)
very vague & fluid
The deputies:
Many most militant Jacobins —> Robespierre, Marat, Danton, Desmoulins, Collot dʼHerbois (an
extreme radical popular with sans-culottes)
Brissot, Philippe Egailte (Duc dʼOrleans), Abbe Seiyes

Wide range of social classes —> at least one peasant + member of royal family (former prince
Philippe Egalite)

many were lawyers before — 47%
compared to assemblies before —> relatively young men

The division:
—> little to distinguish in terms of social composition, experience + both republican + both claimed to
uphold true revolutionary values
main difference in attitude towards sans-culottes

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