The Cordeliers, also known as the Club of the Cordeliers (Club des Cordeliers)and formally as the Society of the Friends of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen comprised a populist society during the French Revolution. History The club was formed by the members of the district of the Cordeliers, when the National Constituent Assembly suppressed the 60 districts of Paris to replace them with 48 sections (21 May 1790). The club held its meetings at first in the church of the Cordeliers Convent -… (More on Cordelier)