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'''Jean-Paul Marat''' ( | | image = ACUDB - Jean-Paul Marat.png | ||
| birth = 24 May 1743<br />{{Wiki|Boudry}}, {{Wiki|Principality of Neuchâtel}}, [[Prussia]] | |||
| death = 13 July 1793 {{c|aged 50}}<br />[[Paris]], [[France|French Republic]] | |||
| species = [[Human]] | |||
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| database = [[Database: Jean-Paul Marat|Jean-Paul Marat]] | |||
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'''Jean-Paul Marat''' (1743 – 1793) was a physician, political theorist, and scientist, as well as a radical journalist and politician during the [[French Revolution]]. | |||
==Biography== | |||
During the revolution, Marat published the newspaper ''L'Ami du peuple'' ("Friend of the People"), which brought him much notoriety as an influential supporter of the sans-culottes and the radical [[Jacobins]]. He advocated for the purge of the moderate [[Girondists]], which led to concerns that Marat's radical views would start a civil war in [[France]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' – [[Database: Jean-Paul Marat]]</ref> | |||
== | At some point in the 1790s, Marat signed a letter which authorized a violent [[gang]] to rob the graves on [[Île de la Cité]]. However, the [[Parisian Brotherhood of Assassins|French Assassin]] [[Arno Dorian]] stole the letter, ending the gang's criminal activities.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[Marat's Missive]]</ref> | ||
On 13 July 1793, Marat was assassinated inside his own home by [[Charlotte Corday]], a Girondist symphatizer, while he took a medicinal bath. Corday was granted an audience with Marat after pretending to bring a list of Girondists conspiring against him, and stabbed him to death with a knife she had purchased from a local [[merchant]].<ref name="ACU">''Assassin's Creed: Unity'' – [[The Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat]]</ref> | |||
Arno Dorian later investigated the circumstances of Marat's murder, ultimately identifying Corday as the culprit. After Marat's death, the painter [[Jacques-Louis David]] made a posthumous portrait of him,<ref name="ACU"/> immortalizing Marat as a Jacobin martyr.<ref>''[[Project Widow]]'' – "Marat the martyr"</ref> | |||
==Legacy== | |||
In 2012, the Assassin [[Clay Kaczmarek]] included Marat in one of the [[glyphs]] hidden inside the [[Animus]] for his successor, [[Desmond Miles]], to find.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' – [[Glyphs|Glyph]] #7: "Keep on Seeking, and You Will Find"</ref> | |||
==Gallery== | |||
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Jacques-Louis David - La Mort de Marat.jpg|''{{wiki|The Death of Marat}}'' by Jacques-Louis David | |||
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==Appearances== | |||
*''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' {{c|Glyphs only}} | |||
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Unity]]'' {{1st}} | |||
*''[[Echoes of History]]'' {{Mo}} | |||
==References== | |||
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Latest revision as of 00:55, 14 May 2026
Jean-Paul Marat (1743 – 1793) was a physician, political theorist, and scientist, as well as a radical journalist and politician during the French Revolution.
Biography[edit | edit source]
During the revolution, Marat published the newspaper L'Ami du peuple ("Friend of the People"), which brought him much notoriety as an influential supporter of the sans-culottes and the radical Jacobins. He advocated for the purge of the moderate Girondists, which led to concerns that Marat's radical views would start a civil war in France.[1]
At some point in the 1790s, Marat signed a letter which authorized a violent gang to rob the graves on Île de la Cité. However, the French Assassin Arno Dorian stole the letter, ending the gang's criminal activities.[2]
On 13 July 1793, Marat was assassinated inside his own home by Charlotte Corday, a Girondist symphatizer, while he took a medicinal bath. Corday was granted an audience with Marat after pretending to bring a list of Girondists conspiring against him, and stabbed him to death with a knife she had purchased from a local merchant.[3]
Arno Dorian later investigated the circumstances of Marat's murder, ultimately identifying Corday as the culprit. After Marat's death, the painter Jacques-Louis David made a posthumous portrait of him,[3] immortalizing Marat as a Jacobin martyr.[4]
Legacy[edit | edit source]
In 2012, the Assassin Clay Kaczmarek included Marat in one of the glyphs hidden inside the Animus for his successor, Desmond Miles, to find.[5]
Gallery[edit | edit source]
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The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David
Appearances[edit | edit source]
- Assassin's Creed II (Glyphs only)
- Assassin's Creed: Unity (first appearance)
- Echoes of History (mentioned only)
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Unity – Database: Jean-Paul Marat
- ↑ Assassin's Creed: Unity – Marat's Missive
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Assassin's Creed: Unity – The Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat
- ↑ Project Widow – "Marat the martyr"
- ↑ Assassin's Creed II – Glyph #7: "Keep on Seeking, and You Will Find"