The Plain
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The Plain was the name given to the Girondist
s or Moderate party in the French National Convention, in contrast with The Mountain
or Jacobin
party.
Girondist
The Girondists were a political faction in France within the Legislative Assembly and the National Convention during the French Revolution...
s or Moderate party in the French National Convention, in contrast with The Mountain
The Mountain
The Mountain refers in the context of the history of the French Revolution to a political group, whose members, called Montagnards, sat on the highest benches in the Assembly...
or Jacobin
Jacobin Club
The Jacobin Club was the most famous and influential political club in the development of the French Revolution, so-named because of the Dominican convent where they met, located in the Rue St. Jacques , Paris. The club originated as the Club Benthorn, formed at Versailles from a group of Breton...
party.