Charlotte Corday felt, rightly, that Jean-Paul Marat's writings were inciting her countrymen (and women) to violence that had begun to spin out of control. She traveled from her home in Caen, to Paris, then gained entry to Marat's home under the pretense of giving him names of the, out of favor at this point in the Revolution, Girondins, in Caen. After he told her that they'd be guillotined, she rose and stabbed him the chest. She believed that she was saving France. That's the simple version. As with most events of the Revolution, the smallest details are available. I'll add some of the more interesting tidbits as time permits.
Charlotte Corday felt, rightly, that Jean-Paul Marat's writings were inciting her countrymen (and women) to violence that had begun to spin out of control. She traveled from her home in Caen, to Paris, then gained entry to Marat's home under the pretense of giving him names of the, out of favor at this point in the Revolution, Girondins, in Caen. After he told her that they'd be guillotined, she rose and stabbed him the chest. She believed that she was saving France. That's the simple version. As with most events of the Revolution, the smallest details are available. I'll add some of the more interesting tidbits as time permits. 
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