Political clubs
Jacobins
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left
wing ' '
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Acquired the nickname the Jacobin club because
the of
it 's home in Paris was
liberty an ex -
Dominican ( otherwise known as Jacobin ) monastery on
the rue Saint -
Honore .
.
Club met
daily after the
Assembly had finished ,
1790 there 152
and
by August were Jacobin
clubs across France .
deputies but the
Initially all Members were
•
,
club rapidly the end of 1790
grew to over 1000
by ,
with it 's members of the
bourgeois membership
mostly being as
fee 's were
high .
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In 1791 the club adopted a more radical
position , which led Some members to break and
form the Feuillant club
away
moderate in July 1791 .
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Fees were reduced and from October 1791 artisans
and shopkeepers Joined in large numbers .
Cordeliers
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left wing
•
Nickname from the place where it met : a former Franciscan
monastery on the rue des Cordeliers .
relocated in 1791 the Salle du Musee Dauphine but
May to on rue
•
,
kept it 's old name .
Claimed Protect and the
to citizens
right keep a watch on
Assembly
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Entry fee was minimal and membership open to all
including
•
,
women and Passive citizens
•
Founded by Georges Danton and Camille Desmoulins , Jean -
Paul
Marat was a member