Ravachol
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François Claudius Ravachol (; born Koenigstein; 14 October 1859 – 11 July 1892), also known as the Christ of Anarchy, was a French illegalist anarchist mainly known for his terrorist activism, impact, the myths that developed around his figure, and his influence on the anarchist movement, French society and art. He is also credited as being one of the main launchers of the Ère des attentats (1892-1894).
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1859
- Died
- 1892
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Mémoires
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Ravachol are a band from all corners of the UK. Greg - Guitar Porter - Bass Em - Vocals Mikee - Drums all songs can be downloaded free from - http://ravachol.bandcamp.com * The Revolution Of Every Day Life EP * True Love, Always - split with We Came Out Like Tigers * Great Moments In The Void EP http://ravachol.bigcartel.com/ http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ravachol/152079038182574 <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Ravachol">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Key facts
- Person.name
- Ravachol
- Person.image
- File:RAVACHOL face (cropped).jpg
- Person.caption
- Ravachol's mugshot taken by Alphonse Bertillon (Anthropometric File of Anarchists - 1892)
- Person.birth_name
- François Claudius Koenigstein
- Person.birth_place
- Saint-Chamond, France
- Person.death_place
- Montbrison, France
- Person.known_for
- Political bombings
- Person.movement
- Anarchism
- Person.criminal_penalty
- Execution
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Saint-Chamond
- Place of death
- Montbrison
- Occupation
- laborer
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Instrument
- accordion
- Image
- Ravachol Portrait.jpg
- Convicted of
- terrorism
- Political ideology
- illegalism
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- manner of death
- capital punishment
- Commons category
- Ravachol
- date of birth
- 1859-10-14
- date of death
- 1892-07-11
- name in native language
- Ravachol
- cause of death
- decapitation
- writing language
- French
- Commons Creator page
- Ravachol
- penalty
- capital punishment
- killed by
- Anatole Deibler
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Encyclopedic overview
28 sectionsContents
- Biography
- Birth and youth
- Militantism, crimes, anarchism
- Radicalization of 'Ravachol's band'
- Bombings
- Denunciation and arrest
- First part of the trial
- Second part of the trial
- Execution
- Posterity
- Myth(s) of Ravachol
- Anarchist circles, practices and thought
- Popular legend and culture
- Influence on art and French society
- Later inspirations
- Works
- Books
- Speeches
- Correspondance
- Works about Ravachol
- Police sources
- Articles
- Songs
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
François Claudius Ravachol (; born Koenigstein; 14 October 1859 – 11 July 1892), also known as the Christ of Anarchy, was a French illegalist anarchist mainly known for his terrorist activism, impact, the myths that developed around his figure, and his influence on the anarchist movement, French society and art. He is also credited as being one of the main launchers of the Ère des attentats (1892-1894).
Born in 1859 in Saint-Chamond, in the Saint-Étienne area, Ravachol grew up in poverty and domestic violence. Later, he began a life of crime marked by the murder and robbery of a rich hermit. In this city, Ravachol gradually adopted anarchist ideas and met other activists, such as Rosalie Soubère and Joseph Jas-Béala. He managed to escape from arrest, and with these two accomplices, the militant moved to Paris in 1891. There, joined by the young anarchist militant Charles Simon and maybe Gustave Mathieu, they carried out the Saint-Germain and Clichy bombings, targeting the judge and prosecutor responsible for the judicial persecution of anarchists arrested during the Clichy affair (1891).
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