The sans-culottes (French: [sɑ̃kylɔt], literally 'without breeches') were the common people of the lower classes in late 18th-century France, a great...

and Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud. François Hanriot chef de la section des Sans-Culottes (Rue Mouffetard); drawing by Gabriel in the Carnavalet Museum...

in the fall of 29 Girondins and two ministers under pressure of the sans-culottes, Jacobins, and Montagnards. Due to its impact and importance, the insurrection...

and for attacking Lafayette. He became an orator for the local section sans-culottes, one of the most populous and poorest districts of the capital....

disillusioned. Many sans-culottes were stunned by the Hébertists' execution. All positions of influence traditionally held by the sans-culottes were eliminated...

longer retained by historians today. Under the pressure of the radical sans-culottes, the Convention agreed to institute a revolutionary army but refused...

the French Revolution. Between 1,176 and 1,614 people were killed by sans-culottes, fédérés, and guardsmen, with the support of gendarmes responsible for...

of the Paris sections between supporters and opponents of the Terror. October 3: Arrest of the leaders of the bands of armed sans-culottes in Paris. October...

that of a comical stove-merchant into a patriotic role model for the sans-culottes. In part, Hébert's use of Père Duchesne as a revolutionary symbol can...

revolts of the French Revolution. After their defeat in Prairial, the sans-culottes ceased to play any effective part until the next round of revolutions...