French Constitution of 1793
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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
Copy of the constitution at the Archives Nationales
Constitution of the Year III
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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
French Constitution of 1793
…invalidated by its association with the defeated Robespierre. In the Thermidorian Reaction, it was discarded in favor of a more conservative document, the Constitution of 1795. On 11 December 1792 Brissot, Pétion de Villeneuve, Marquis de Condorcet, Vergniaud, Gensonné, Th. Payne, Sieyès, Barère and Danton were commissioned…
Title page of the original edition
Pierre Claude François Daunou was the principal author of the Constitution of Year III.