Corday

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Meaning

French revolutionary heroine (a Girondist) who assassinated Marat (1768-1793)

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Audiences to guillotinings told numerous stories of blinking eyelids, speaking, moving eyes, movement of the mouth, even an expression of "unequivocal indignation" on the face of the decapitated Charlotte Corday when her cheek was slapped. Source: Internet

Pearson Education, 2003, p. 57. On 13 July the assassination of Jean-Paul Marat – a Jacobin leader and journalist known for his violent rhetoric – by Charlotte Corday resulted in a further increase in Jacobin political influence. Source: Internet

Marat thanked her and said that they would be guillotined next week upon which Corday immediately fatally stabbed him. Source: Internet

The Death of Marat (1793) On 13 July 1793, David's friend Marat was assassinated by Charlotte Corday with a knife she had hidden in her clothing. Source: Internet

Corday Productions announced that Camila was exiting, but that it would be a brief absence. Source: Internet

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