Essays · Character
François Noel Babeuf
A revolutionary agitator who argues that a king in flight forfeits all authority, Babeuf pushes the logic of abolition further than most of his contemporaries dare.
supporting
Also known as Babeuf
First appearance: agrarian justice
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Leader of the socialist Babouvist movement; executed for conspiracy to overthrow the government.
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Babeuf inhabits the radical edge of the French Revolution, the voice that insists Louis Capet is no more than an indifferent person and that royalty itself is a phantom unworthy of solemn treatment. His distinctive…
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- Figures opposing hereditary rule
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- Thomas Paine
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- William the Conqueror
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- Mr. Burke
rivalry · negative
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