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The Men of the First French Republic: Political Alignments in the National Convention of 1792

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Alison Patrick
2019
Published by: Johns Hopkins University Press
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Originally published in 1972. The Men of the First French Republic analyzes some of the well-established evidence concerning deputies of the French National Convention of 1792. It was assumed that this evidence supported accepted generalizations about the convention's character and outlook. Patrick's examination of the convention as a whole, rather than its various groups of deputies (Plain, Mountain, and Gironde), suggests that a number of these generalizations may need revising. Patrick looks first at parliamentary behavior, particularly in the tumultuous first eight months, and then analyzes this behavior in terms of the deputies' background.

Table of Contents

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Cover

New Copyright

Half Title

pp. i

Title Page

pp. iii

Copyright

pp. iv

Dedication

pp. v

Contents

pp. vii-xi

Abbreviations

pp. xi

Preface

pp. xiii-xiv

The Great Debate of 1793

pp. xv

Introduction

pp. xvii-xviii

PART I: The problem of political divisions in the Convention

1. The problem and the evidence

pp. 3-11

2. The political attitudes of 1793–94

pp. 12-36

PART II: The deputies, the appels nominaux, and the politics of 1792–93

3. The trial of Louis XVI (i): The issues

pp. 39-82

4. The trial of Louis XVI (ii): The voting and its implications

pp. 83-107

5. The appels nominaux of April and May 1793

pp. 108-136

PART III: The deputies and their background

6. The deputies, their electorates, and the elections of 1792

pp. 139-195

7. Political experience

pp. 196-246

8. Ages and personal background

pp. 247-293

Conclusion

pp. 295-304

Appendix I. The Ex-Deputies in the Convention

pp. 305-314

II. Voting in the Legislative Assembly appels-nominaux of 1792

pp. 315-316

III. The voting in the appels nominaux of 1793

pp. 317-338

IV. The membership of political groups

pp. 340-358

V. The ages of the deputies (1 January 1793)

pp. 359-361

VI. Personal and occupational background

pp. 362-365

VII. The later careers of the conventionnels

pp. 366-371

VIII. The suppléants and new members of 1793–95

pp. 372-373

IX. The membership of the executive committees of the Terror

pp. 374-376

X. The results of the appels-nominaux of 15–19 January 1793

pp. 377-378

Bibliography

pp. 379-393

Index

pp. 395-407
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