Chouan
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Image:Coeur-chouan.jpeg Chouans were insurrectionary royalists in France, in particular Brittany, during the French Revolution, and even for a time under the Empire (from 1793 to 1815), when their headquarters were in London.
Their names derive from their muster by night at the sound of the chat-huant, the screech owl, a nocturnal bird of prey with a distinctive cry. They were motivated by their opposition to conscription and their support of the Catholic Church. They engaged in what would later be called guerrilla warfare.
These rebels are featured in the novel The Chouans<ref>The Chouans, at the Project Gutenberg</ref> by Honoré de Balzac.
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- This article incorporates text from the public domain 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopaedia.
