History A-Level
Sans-culottes
What Sans-culottes means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Sans-culottes
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Diverse popular protesters, including artisans and shopkeepers, with varying demands, who exerted pressure through journées and organisations like the Paris Commune.
Topics that use Sans-culottes
- Revolution and the failure of constitutional monarchy, 1789–93 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Brunswick Manifesto
- flight to Varennes
- Great Fear
- October Days
- Popular insurrection and the sans-culottes
- Republicanism
- Revolutionary justice and violence
- Royalist support
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