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Circular on Elections March 4, 1799
A former playwright and old regime colonial official, Nicolas–Louis François de Neufchâteau, twice Minister of the Interior under the Directory, here outlines the importance of elections for the Directory. In this circular letter sent to the chief…
Cisalpine republic set up at Milan by France. July 9, 1797
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Clermont–Tonnerre, "Speech on Religious Minorities and Questionable Professions" (23 December 1789) December 23, 1789
On 21 December 1789, a deputy raised the question of the status of non–Catholics under the new regime; his intervention started a long debate that quickly expanded to cover Jews, actors, and executioners, all of them excluded from various rights…
Clock Faces 1789-1799
Clubs for the People November 27, 1790
By creating a fictional man named Jacques who must go to his workshop every day so he can support his family, yet who also wants to do his patriotic duty by following political events, the Révolutions de Paris, in this article that appeared in late…
Commemorating the Revolution on Chinaware
The execution scene appeared on a plate. Even were this simply a souvenir that no one intended to actually eat from, this piece of china reveals fantastic revolutionary anger. Having a picture in crockery of an execution, even in a society where…
Commissaire
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Committee of Public Safety created by the Convention, attempting to deal with the radical movements of the Enragés, food shortages and riots, the revolt in the Vendée and in Brittany, recent defeats of its armies, and the desertion of its commanding general. This committee is charged with carrying out a policy of "terrorizing" all of France’s enemies within and without. April 6, 1793
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