Enragés

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The Enragés (French: [ɑ̃ʁɑʒe] ; transl. "enraged ones") were radical revolutionaries associated with the Parisian sans-culottes during the French Revolution. They advocated greater social and political equality, measures against rising food prices, and severe punishment of hoarders and speculators. Among the figures commonly associated with the Enragés were Jacques Roux, Jean-François Varlet, Théophile Leclerc, Claire Lacombe and Pauline Léon. The Enragés were not a unified political party and had no common leadership or jointly agreed programme. Although they shared certain political and economic demands, they pursued different objectives and rarely acted together. The Jacobins contributed to the perception of the Enragés as a cohesive group by treating their radical opponents as a single faction. Although the term enragé was already used during the Revolution, nineteenth-century historians—including Adolphe Thiers, as well as Philippe Buchez and Pierre Roux — further reinforced the portrayal...

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