Difference between revisions of "Cordeliers"
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== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_71208" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_71208" /> == | ||
<p> The strictest branch of the Franciscan | <p> The strictest branch of the Franciscan Order of Monks, so called from wearing a girdle of knotted cord; also a club during the French Revolution, founded in 1789, its prominent members, Danton, Camille Desmoulins, and Marat; was a secession from the Jacobin Club, which was thought lukewarm, and met in what had been a convent of the [[Cordeliers]] monks; it expired with Danton. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_34457" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_34457" /> == | ||
<p> a name given to the | <p> a name given to the Franciscans (q.v.) in France. The name is said to have originated in the war of St. Louis against the Infidels, in which the friars having repulsed the barbarians, and the king having inquired their name, it was answered they were people cordelies, that is, tied with ropes. (See [[Franciscans]]). </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 09:59, 15 October 2021
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [1]
The strictest branch of the Franciscan Order of Monks, so called from wearing a girdle of knotted cord; also a club during the French Revolution, founded in 1789, its prominent members, Danton, Camille Desmoulins, and Marat; was a secession from the Jacobin Club, which was thought lukewarm, and met in what had been a convent of the Cordeliers monks; it expired with Danton.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
a name given to the Franciscans (q.v.) in France. The name is said to have originated in the war of St. Louis against the Infidels, in which the friars having repulsed the barbarians, and the king having inquired their name, it was answered they were people cordelies, that is, tied with ropes. (See Franciscans).
