Constitution of the Year III
Videos
The Constitution of the Year III was the constitution of the French First Republic that established the Directory. It was adopted by the convention on 5 Fructidor Year III and approved by plebiscite o
Title page of the original edition
Pierre Claude François Daunou was the principal author of the Constitution of Year III.
French Constitution of 1793
Videos
The Constitution of 1793, also known as the Constitution of the Year I or the Montagnard Constitution, was the second constitution ratified for use during the French Revolution under the First Republi
Constitution of the Year III
…the Revolutionary period and began the rise to power of Napoleon Bonaparte. It was more conservative than the not implemented, radically democratic French Constitution of 1793. Largely the work of political theorist Pierre Daunou, it established a bicameral legislature; an upper body known as the Council of Ancients, and a…
Copy of the constitution at the Archives Nationales