TheDeathofMarat.docxVIP

Jean-Paul Marat?(French:? HYPERLINK /wiki/Help:IPA_for_French \o Help:IPA for French [?ɑ?p?l ma?a]; 24 May 1743?– 13 July 1793), born in the? HYPERLINK /wiki/Principality_of_Neuch%C3%A2tel \o Principality of Neuchatel Principality of Neuchatel, was a physician, political theorist and scientist best known for his career in France as a radical?journalist?and politician during the?French Revolution. His journalism became renowned for its fierce tone, uncompromising stance toward the new leaders and institutions of the revolution, and advocacy of basic human rights for the poorest members of society. Marat was one of the most radical voices of the French Revolution. He became a vigorous defender of the? HYPERLINK /wiki/Sans-culottes \o Sans-culottes sans-culottes, publishing his views in pamphlets, placards and newspapers, notably his HYPERLINK /wiki/L%27Ami_du_peuple \o LAmi du peuple LAmi du peuple, which helped make him their unofficial link with the radical, republican? HYPERLINK /wiki/Jacobin \o Jacobin Jacobin?group that came to power after June 1793. Marat was? HYPERLINK /wiki/Assassination \o Assassination assassinated?by? HYPERLINK /wiki/Charlotte_Corday \o Charlotte Corday Charlotte Corday, a? HYPERLINK /wiki/Girondist \o Girondist Girondist?sympathizer, while taking a medicinal bath for his debilitating skin condition. In his death Marat became an icon to the Jacobins, a sort of revolutionary? HYPERLINK /wiki/Martyr \o Martyr martyr, as portrayed in?Davids?famous?painting?of his death. Marat was in his bathtub on 13 July, when a young woman from? HYPERLINK /wiki/Caen \o Caen Caen,? HYPERLINK /wiki/Charlotte_Corday \o Charlotte Corday Charlotte Corday, appeared at his flat, claiming to have vital information on the activities of the escaped? HYPERLINK /wiki/Girondins \o Girondins Girondins?who had fled to Normandy. Despite his wife Simonnes protests, Marat asked for her to enter and gave her an audience by his bath, over which a board had been laid to serve a