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Vilka kallades för Sansculotter under franska revolutionen?
Termen sans-culotte, som vi brukar använda om alla de hantverkare, lönearbetare och småhandlare som genom demonstrationer, upplopp och resningar bar upp revolutionen i Paris, betyder ordagrant ”utan knäbyxor”. Detta plagg förknippades med överklassen, medan småfolket gick i vanliga byxor.
Var Sansculotter radikala?
De radikala sansculotterna (arbetare, hantverkare, etc.) började även ställa krav som maximipriser på livsmedel och stöd åt fattiga och arbetslösa. Samtidigt som man höll val till det nya nationalkonventet stormade folkmassor Paris fängelser för att rikta sin vrede mot vad man såg som politiska fångar.
What does sans culottes mean in French?
Sans-culottes. The sans-culottes ( French: [sɑ̃kylɔt], literally ”without breeches ”) were the common people of the lower classes in late 18th century France, a great many of whom became radical and militant partisans of the French Revolution in response to their poor quality of life under the Ancien Régime.
What is a sans-culottes?
The sans-culottes ( French: [sɑ̃kylɔt], which means ”without breeches ”) were the lower classes in late 18th century France. Lots of sans-culottes became radical supporters and fighters for the French Revolution. This was because of their poor quality of life under the Ancien Régime.
What are culottes?
Culottes were the fashionable silk knee-breeches of the 18th-century nobility and bourgeoisie. The working class sans-culottes wore pantaloons, or trousers, instead.
What are the best books on sans culottes?
Sans-Culottes: An Eighteenth-Century Emblem in the French Revolution (Princeton University Press, 2008). Pp. 493. Williams, Gwyn A (1969), Artisans and Sans-culottes: Popular Movements in France and Britain during the French Revolution. Foundations of Modern History. New York: Norton. Woloch, Isser, and Peter McPhee.