The sans-culottes were the common people of Paris, and were so named this because they didn't wear upper class breeches or culottes. Members of the Paris commune. Made up of working people and the poor
"Sans-Culotte" literally means "without culotte", where culottes were a type of breeches worn by high-class Frenchmen. These people were the bulk of the Revolutionary Army for the French Revolutionary War.
The sans-culottes were the common people of Paris, and were so named this because they didn't wear upper class breeches or culottes. Members of the Paris commune. Made up of working people and the poor"Sans-Culotte" literally means "without culotte", where culottes were a type of breeches worn by high-class Frenchmen. These people were the bulk of the Revolutionary Army for the French Revolutionary War.
Sans-culottes means "without culottes." Culottes were a style of pants that aristocrats, nobles, and rich people wore before the revolution in France. The revolution was led by the third estate, aka the peasants and the poor people, because they were being treated poorly and unfairly by everyone else. The sans-culottes were people who were making a point to not wear culottes in order to support the revolution.
The correct spelling is "culottes". They are a type of women's clothing that hangs like a skirt but is actually pants.
Without Culottes (shorts).... Because the peasants generally wore long pants instead of breeches.
They were called the "sans-culottes", because they did not wear "culottes" which were the type of undergarments that aristocratic Frenchmen usually wore. Instead, they typically wore trousers.
Sans Culottes literally means: without pants. Men who were dressed poorly and shabby (almost like a homeless person) were called sans culottes. During the French revolution this clothing style became popular and soon almost all men supporting the revolution wore shabby clothing a la sans culottes.
there were about 5,000 of them there were about 5,000 of them
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panties (for a girl)
By 1791, many sans-culottes demanded a republic, or government ruled by elected officials instead of a monarch.
By 1791, many sans-culottes demanded a republic, or government ruled by elected officials instead of a monarch.
A radical revolutionary mob, that sustained the leaders of terror Robespierre and Marat in their persecutory politics towards the moderates who opposed to the totalitarian way of government of the Committee for Public Safety, dominated by the Jacobin Party.