Council of Ancients
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The Council of Ancients or Council of Elders was a house of the French bicameral legislature under the Constitution of the Year III, during the period commonly known as the Directory, from 22 August 1
The Council of Ancients in session
National Convention
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The National Convention was the constituent assembly of the Kingdom of France for one day and of the French First Republic for its first three years during the French Revolution, following the two-yea
Council of Ancients
…French First Republic Emblem of the Council of Ancients Type Type Upper house History Established 2 November 1795 Disbanded 10 November 1799 Preceded by National Convention (unicameral) Succeeded by Sénat conservateur Seats 250 Meeting place Salle du Manège, Paris The Council of Ancients or Council of Elders (French: Conseil…
Extrait du procès verbal de la convention nationale du vongt quatrième jour de Thermidor l'an deuxième de la République, Paris Musées 20230910202229
The trial of Louis XVI
La Marseillaise by François Rude
Autel de la Convention nationale or Autel républicain by François-Léon Sicard (1913), Panthéon, Paris