Feuillant (political group)

The Feuillants Club (French pronunciation: ​[fœjɑ̃]) were a political grouping that emerged during the French Revolution. It consisted of monarchists and reactionaries who sat on the right of the Legislative Assemblyof 1791. It came into existence when the left-wing Jacobins split between moderates (Feuillants), who sought to preserve the position of the king and supported the proposed plan of the National Assembly for a constitutional monarchy, and radicals (Jacobins), who wished to press for a continuation of direct democratic action to overthrow Louis XVI.

Feuillant (political group)

The Feuillants Club (French pronunciation: ​[fœjɑ̃]) were a political grouping that emerged during the French Revolution. It consisted of monarchists and reactionaries who sat on the right of the Legislative Assemblyof 1791. It came into existence when the left-wing Jacobins split between moderates (Feuillants), who sought to preserve the position of the king and supported the proposed plan of the National Assembly for a constitutional monarchy, and radicals (Jacobins), who wished to press for a continuation of direct democratic action to overthrow Louis XVI.