“The Directory” -- New French Constitution

Historical Context Note

Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.5.2.04: French Writing and Culture: Eighteenth-Century and the Enlightenment, 1700-1800.
Vol. editors: Edward Forman (University of Bristol), Jenny Mander (University of Cambridge), Síofra Pierse (University College Dublin), Tim Unwin (University of Bristol), David Williams (University of Sheffield)

Domains

Regulation of government and electoral processes

Dates

Date of occurrence 1795-08-22

Places

France (Location)

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Constitution of Year 3: Executive power in the hands of a 5-person Directory. Legislative power in the hands of two elected assemblies (Council of the Ancients, Council of the 5). Elections for two new Chambres under the new constitution raises risk of a return of the monarchists. Prevented by required two thirds of deputies in the new Chambres to be ex-members of the Convention. This leads to royalist revolts in Normandy and Brittany (Chouannerie, described in Blazac's

Les Chouans

, 1829) and the formation of a monarchist army abroad under the leadership of the comte de Provence who takes the name Louis XVIII.

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "“The Directory” -- New French Constitution". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 02 December 2007 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=4284, accessed 25 April 2024.]

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