The French Revolution 1789-1795Gardiner, Bertha Meriton
History
The French Revolution 1789-1795
Gardiner, Bertha Meriton
France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799
Billaud-Varennes, elected to the commune of Paris, 120;
is placed on the Committee of Public Safety, 167;
sanguinary character of, 200;
opposes Robespierre, 217
Bonaparte, Napoleon, suppresses the insurrection of Vendémiaire, 250
Bordeaux, Girondist sentiments of, 157
Bouillé, suppresses a mutiny at Nancy, 73;
supports the flight to Varennes, 89
Brienne, ministry of, 27
Brissot, political opinions of, 76;
calls for a republic, 90;
trial and execution of, 177
Brunswick, the Duke of, publishes a manifesto, 114;
conducts the invasion, 123;
retreats from Valmy, 124;
commands one of the armies of the coalition, 141;
takes Mainz, 161;
is obliged to retreat, 192
Burke, his Reflections on the French Revolution, 138
Caen, Girondist sentiments prevail at, 157
Cahiers, the, 29
Calendar, the republican, 180
Calonne, ministry of, 27
Cambon, financial measures of, 195
Carnot, directs the movements of the armies, 189;
arranges the campaign of 1794, 212;
escapes from prosecution after the insurrection of Prairial, 231
Carrier, conduct of, at Nantes, 186;
execution of, 223
Cathelineau, crosses the Loire, 160;
is killed, 161
Catherine II., patronises French philosophers, 22;
extends her dominions in Poland and the Crimea, 96;
proposes a second partition of Poland, 135
Cazalès, defends the monarchy, 51
Champ de Mars, the, massacre of, 91
Charette, commands part of the Vendean army, 160;
fails to cross the Loire, 161
Chaumette, elected to the commune of Paris, 120;
his position in the commune, 169;
attacks religion, 179
Chollet, defeat of the Vendeans at, 182
Chouans, the, insurrection of, 241
Church, the French, position of, before the revolution, 6, 15;
demands of the Cahiers respecting, 31;
its property appropriated by the Constituent Assembly, 67;
the civil constitution provokes a schism in, 74;
schism continued in, 101;
treatment of, by the Hébertists, 179;
Robespierre’s behaviour towards, 216;
improvement in the condition of, 228;
condition of, after the Terror, 246
Civil constitution of the clergy, the, enacted, 69;
position of the Legislative Assembly towards, 101
Clavière, minister of Finance, 105;
is dismissed, 112;
is restored to office, 117
Clermont-Tonnerre, 52
Coburg, commands one of the armies of the coalition, 141;
relieves Maestricht, 142;
takes Condé and Valenciennes, 161;
evacuates Belgium, 213
Collot d’Herbois, elected to the commune of Paris, 120;
becomes a member of the Committee of Public Safety, 167;
sanguinary character of, 200;
opposes Robespierre, 217
Committee of General Security instituted, 146
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