 First issue of Le Vieux Cordelier | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Editor | Camille Desmoulins |
| Founded | 5 December 1793 |
| Political alignment | Dantonism; Moderatism |
| Language | French |
| Ceased publication | 3 February 1794 |
| Headquarters | Paris, French Republic |
| Circulation | 100,000 copies |
Le Vieux Cordelier (French: [lə vjø kɔʁdəlje]) was a French journal published by Camille Desmoulins between 5 December 1793 and 3 February 1794 at the instigation of Georges Danton and warned not to exaggerate the revolution. Desmoulins argued that the French Revolution should return to its original ideas en vogue around 10 August 1792.[1]
Its radical criticism of ultra-revolutionary fervor and repression in France during the Reign of Terror contributed significantly to the downfall and execution of the moderate Dantonists. It comprised seven numbers, of which six appeared; the seventh remained unpublished for some forty years.[2] Le Vieux Cordelier was published twice a "décade" and sold very well.
- ^ Funck, F.; Danton, G.J.; Châlier, M.J. (1843). 1793: Beitrag zur geheimen Geschichte der französischen Revolution, mit besonderer Berücksichtigung Danton's und Challier's, zugleich als Berichtigung der in den Werken von Thiers und Mignet enthaltenen Schilderungen (in German). F. Bassermann. p. 52. Archived from the original on 7 November 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- ^ Weber, 162