page_title: Chouan
hierarchical_section_title: Chouan
caption_attribution_description: Breton en sentinelle devant une église
context_page_description: Chouan is a French nickname. It was used as a nom de guerre by the Chouan brothers, most notably Jean Cottereau, better known as Jean Chouan, who led a major revolt in Bas-Maine against the French Revolution. Participants in this revolt–and to some extent French anti-Revolutionary activists in general–came to be known as Chouans, and the revolt itself came to be known as the Chouannerie.
context_section_description: Chouan ("the silent one", or "owl") is a French nickname.  It was used as a nom de guerre by the Chouan brothers, most notably Jean Cottereau, better known as Jean Chouan, who led a major revolt in Bas-Maine against the French Revolution. Participants in this revolt–and to some extent French anti-Revolutionary activists in general–came to be known as Chouans, and the revolt itself came to be known as the Chouannerie.
caption: Breton sentinel in front of a church, painting of Charles Loyeux.
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