Hm, the range of opinion on sans-culottes? Like in everything else, there are people who call them devils and people who think they can do no wrong, and everything in-between.
As for myself, on the whole I tend to think of them as good citizens for their involvement in the Revolution and how they shaped political events, militating, generally speaking, for good causes, or at least with good intent. Like the people at large and like many individuals some of them were occasionally led astray, but I don't really like to make generalizations about large groups if I can avoid it.
I know that several historians have made in-depth studies of them, in particular Soboul, but (I'm somewhat embarrassed to say), I've not yet read them, so I can't comment in particular.
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As for myself, on the whole I tend to think of them as good citizens for their involvement in the Revolution and how they shaped political events, militating, generally speaking, for good causes, or at least with good intent. Like the people at large and like many individuals some of them were occasionally led astray, but I don't really like to make generalizations about large groups if I can avoid it.
I know that several historians have made in-depth studies of them, in particular Soboul, but (I'm somewhat embarrassed to say), I've not yet read them, so I can't comment in particular.