Jean-Paul Marat

Jean-Paul Marat (1743–1793) was a French physician, journalist, and radical politician whose newspaper championed popular action during the French Revolution. Charlotte Corday assassinated him in his bath.

Charlotte Corday: A French revolutionary-era figure who assassinated Jean-Paul Marat in 1793. She killed Marat, believing his political influence was fueling revolutionary violence.
L'Ami du peuple: A radical newspaper published by Marat during the French Revolution. Marat used it to denounce perceived enemies of the people and demand political action.
Revolutionary journalism: Journalism that advocates or reports on political revolution and revolutionary movements. Marat’s newspaper made journalism a direct instrument of factional struggle.
Early modern medicine: Medical theory and practice in Europe before the professional and scientific transformations of the nineteenth century. Marat trained and worked as a physician before becoming known for revolutionary journalism.
Jacques-Pierre Brissot: A French revolutionary politician and journalist who led the Girondin faction. His faction became a target of Marat’s attacks and clashed with the Montagnards.
Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat: The 1793 killing of French revolutionary journalist Jean-Paul Marat by Charlotte Corday. His murder in his bath transformed a political journalist into a revolutionary martyr.
Political pamphlet: A short printed work arguing for a political position or urging political action. Pamphlets and newspapers let Marat circulate arguments beyond formal political institutions.
Enlightenment: An intellectual movement emphasizing reason, criticism, and reform in eighteenth-century Europe and beyond. Marat’s scientific interests and political writing emerged amid Enlightenment debates about knowledge and authority.
Georges Danton: A French revolutionary politician and leading figure in the early Republic. Danton and Marat both shaped radical politics, though their strategies and alliances differed.
The Death of Marat: A 1793 painting by Jacques-Louis David depicting Marat dead in his bath. David’s image recast the assassination as a scene of sacrifice and civic virtue.

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