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41BILLAUD-VARENNES, JEAN NICOLAS — a grim, resolute, unrepentant member of the Jacobin Club; egged on the mob during the September massacres in the name of liberty; was president of the Convention; assisted at the fall of Robespierre, but could not avert his own; was deported… …
42Le Peletier, Ferdinand-Louis — (1767 1837) political figure Born in Paris, the brother of louis michel le peletier, Ferdinand Louis Le Peletier (or Lepeletier de Saint Fargeau) was a supporter of the revolution of 1789 and its ideals. A member of the Jacobin Club, he was …
43FOUQUIER-TINVILLE — a merciless revolutionary, born near Artois; member of the Jacobin Club, Attorney General of the Revolutionary Tribunal, purveyor of the guillotine; was guillotined himself after the fall of Robespierre (1747 1795) …
44Slavery abolition efforts by Les Amis des Noirs — The Slavery abolition efforts by Les Amis des Noirs took place against the background of the French Revolution with the argument that liberté, égalité, fraternité precluded slavery.BackgroundA common perception of the French Revolution of 1789 is …
45French Revolution — The French Revolution (1789–1799) was a period of political and social upheaval in the history of France, during which the French governmental structure, previously an absolute monarchy with feudal privileges for the aristocracy and Catholic… …
46History of France — The History of France has been divided into a series of separate historical articles navigable through the list to the right. The chronological era articles (highlighted in blue) address broad French historical, cultural and sociological… …
47Grand Orient de France — The Grand Orient de France (G.O.d.F. or G.O.F.) is the largest of several Masonic organizations in France and the oldest in Continental Europe, founded in 1733. Relationship with Other JurisdictionsThe GOdF practices Traditional Liberal Masonry… …
48Council of Ancients — The Council of Ancients or Council of Elders (French: Conseil des Anciens) was the upper house of the Directory (French: Directoire), the legislature of France from 22 August 1795 until 9 November 1799, roughly the second half of the period… …
49France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …
50Maximilien Robespierre — Robespierre c. 1790, (anonymous), Musée Carnavalet, Paris, France Deputy and member of the Committee of Public Safety In office 27 July 1793 – 27 …
