Jacobins

Jacobins - originally referring to members of the revolutionary Jacobin Club in France, the term came to apply broadly to revolutionaries of all stripes.

See also

• French Revolution
• Red Cockades - Supporters of the French Revolution.
• White Cockades - Pro-Royalist counter-revolutionaries to the Jacobins.
• Republicans - foes of monarchy.
• Royalists - Supporters of absolute and constitutional monarchy, opposed to the French Revolution.

• The Black Jacobins - Highly regarded book on the Haitian Revolution by C.L.R. James.