Council of Five Hundred
Council of Five Hundred Conseil des Cinq-Cents | |
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18 Brumaire coup d'état. | |
Type | |
Type | |
History | |
Established | 31 October 1795 |
Disbanded | 10 November 1799 |
Preceded by | National Convention (unicameral) |
Succeeded by | Corps législatif |
Seats | 500 |
Meeting place | |
Salle du Manège, rue de Rivoli, Paris |
The Council of Five Hundred (Conseil des Cinq-Cents) was the lower house of the legislature of France under the Constitution of the Year III. It existed from 31 October 1795 to 9 November 1799 during the Directory (Directoire) period of the French Revolution.[1]
Role and function
The Council of Five Hundred was established under the Constitution of Year III which was
Besides functioning as a legislative body, the Council of Five Hundred proposed the list out of which the Ancients chose five Directors, who jointly held executive power. The Council of Five Hundred had their own distinctive official uniform, with robes, cape and hat, just as did the Council of Ancients and the Directors.[6][5] Under the Thermidorean constitution, as Boissy d'Anglas put it, the Council of Five Hundred was to be the imagination of the Republic, and the Council of Ancients its reason.[7][verification needed][8]
Elections of 1795
Elections of 1797
In the elections of April 1797, there were a number of voting irregularities and a very low turnout, resulting in a strong showing for Royalist tendencies. A number of the newly elected deputies formed the
To support the coup, General
Elections of 1798
The elections of April 1798 were heavily manipulated. The Council of the Five Hundred
'.Coup of 18th Brumaire Year VIII
In October 1799
References
- le Moniteur universel, 1 novembre 1795, p. 4
- ^ a b Chronicle of the French Revolutions, Longman 1989 p.495
- ^ Chronicle of the French Revolutions, Longman 1989 p.505
- ISBN 9780742534100.
- ^ . Retrieved 30 April 2017.
- ^ "Grand costumes des membres du conseil et : Conseil des Cinq Cent Conseil des Anciens Haute Cour de justice tribunal de cassation : [estampe] / [non identifié]". gallica.bnf.fr. Retrieved 30 April 2017.
- ^ Barraud, Boris (16 September 2016). "La République révolutionnaire – Modernité et archaïsme constitutionnels des premières institutions républicaines de France (1792-1799)". hal-amu.archives-ouvertes.fr (in French). Retrieved 30 April 2017.
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- ^ Chronicle of the French Revolutions, Longman 1989 p.561
- ^ ISBN 978-0-19-925298-5.
- ^ Chronicle of the French Revolution, Longman Group 1989 p.601
- ^ Chronicle of the French Revolution, Longman Group 1989 p.637
- ^ Chronicle of the French Revolution, Longman Group 1989 p.645
- ^ Chronicle of the French Revolution, Timefem in 1670 p.650