JACQUES See also:

• PIERRE

PIERRE See also:

• JACQUES PIERRE BRISSOT (1754-1793)

BRISSOT (1754-1793)  , who assumed the name of DE WARVILLE, a celebrated See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French Girondist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• CHARTRES

Chartres, where his See also:

• FATHER

father was an See also:

• INN

inn-keeper, in See also:

• JANUARY

January 1754 . See also:

• BRISSOT, JACQUES PIERRE (1754-1793)

Brissot received a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• EDUCATION

education and entered the See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office of a lawyer at See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris . His first See also:

• WORKS

works, Theorie *s lois criminelles (.781) and Bibliotheque philosophique du legislateur (1782), were on the See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy of See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, and showed how thoroughly Brissot was imbued with the ethical precepts of See also:

• ROUSSEAU, JACQUES (1633-1693)
• ROUSSEAU, JEAN BAPTISTE (1671-1741)
• ROUSSEAU, JEAN JACQUES (1712-1778)
• ROUSSEAU, PIERRE ETIENNE THEODORE (1812–1867); French painter of the Barbizon school, was born in Paris on the 15th of April 1812, of a bourgeois family which included one or two artists. At first he received a business training, but soon displayed aptitu

Rousseau . The first See also:

• WORK

work was dedicated to See also:

• VOLTAIRE, FRANCOIS MARIE AROUET DE (1694–1778)

Voltaire, and was received by the old philosophe with much favour . Brissot became known as a facile and able writer, and was engaged on the Mercure, on the Courrier de l'See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, and on other papers . Ardently devoted to the service of humanity, he projected a See also:

• SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

scheme for a See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• CON

con-course of all the savants in Europe, and started in See also:

• LONDON

London a See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper, See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

Journal du Lycee de Londres, which was to be the See also:

• ORGAN

organ of their views . The See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan was unsuccessful, and soon after his return to Paris Brissot was lodged in the See also:

• BASTILLE (from Fr. bastir, now bdtir, to build)

Bastille on the See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of having published a work against the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government . He obtained his See also:

• RELEASE (O.Fr. reles, variant of relais, from relaisser, to release, let go, Lat. relaxare)

release after four months, and again devoted himself to pamphleteering, but had speedily to retire for a See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time to London . On this second visit he became acquainted with some of the leading Abolitionists, and founded later in Paris a Societe See also:

• DES

des Amis des Noirs, of which he was See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president during 1790 and 1791 . As an See also:

• AGENT (from Lat. agere, to act)

agent of this society he paid a visit to the See also:

• UNITED

United States in 1788, and in 1791 published his Nouveau Voyage clans See also:

• LES

les bats-Unis de l'Amerique Septentrionale (3 vols.) . From the first, Brissot threw himself See also:

• HEART
• HEART, LUNG

heart and soul into the Revolution . He edited the Patriote See also:

• FRANCAIS, ANTOINE, COUNT (1756-1836)

francais from 1789 to 1793, and being a well-informed and capable See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man took a prominent See also:

• PART

part in affairs .

Upon the demolition of the Bastille the keys were presented to him . Famous for his speeches at the Jacobin See also:

• CLUB (connected with " clump ")

club, he was elected a member of the See also:

• MUNICIPALITY

municipality of Paris, then of the Legislative See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

Assembly, and later of the See also:

• NATIONAL

National See also:

• CONVENTION (Lat. conventio, an assembly or agreement, from convenire, to come together)
• CONVENTION, THE NATIONAL

Convention . During the Legislative Assembly his knowledge of See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign affairs enabled him as member of the See also:

• DIPLOMATIC

diplomatic See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee practically to See also:

• DIRECT

direct the foreign policy of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, and the See also:

• DECLARATION (from Lat. declarare, to make fully clear, clams)

declaration of See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war against the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor on the loth of See also:

• APRIL

April 1792, and that against See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England on the 1st of See also:

• JULY

July 1793, were largely due to him . It was also Brissot who gave these See also:

• WARS

wars the See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character of revolutionary propaganda . He was in many ways the leading spirit of the See also:

• GIRONDISTS (Fr. Girondins)

Girondists, who were also known as Brissotins . See also:

• VERGNIAUD, PIERRE VICTURNIEN (1753-1793)

Vergniaud certainly was far See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior to him in See also:

• ORATORY (Lat. oratorio, sc. ors; from orare, to speak or pray)

oratory, but Brissot was See also:

• QUICK

quick, eager, impetuous, and a man of wide knowledge . But he was at the same time vacillating, and not qualified to struggle against the fierce energies roused by the events of the Revolution . His party See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell before the See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

Mountain; See also:

• SENTENCE (Lat. sententia, a way of thinking, opinion, judgment; vote, sentire, to feel, think)

sentence of See also:

• ARREST (Fr. arrester, arreeter, to stop or stay)

arrest was passed against the leading members of it on the 2nd of See also:

• JUNE

June 1793 . Brissot attempted to See also:

• ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli

escape in disguise, but was arrested at See also:

• MOULINS

Moulins . His demeanour at the trial was quiet and dignified; and on the 31st of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1793 he died bravely with several other Girondists . See Memoires de Brissot, sur ses contemporains et la Revolution francaise, published by his sons, with notes by F. de Montrol (Paris, 183o) ; See also:

• HELENA
• HELENA, ST (c. 247-c. 327)

Helena See also:

• WILLIAMS
• WILLIAMS, JOHN (1582-1650)
• WILLIAMS, JOHN (1796-1839)
• WILLIAMS, ROGER (c. 1604–1684)
• WILLIAMS, ROWLAND (1817-1870)
• WILLIAMS, SIR WILLIAM FENWICK

Williams, Souvenirs de la Revolution francaise (Paris, 1827) ; F . A .

See also:

• AULARD, FRANCOIS

Aulard, Les Orateurs de la Legislative et de la Convention 2nd ed., Paris, 1905); F . A . Aulard, Les Portraits litteraires a la fin du X VIII' siecle, See also:

• PENDANT (through Fr. from Lat. pendere, to hang)

pendant la Revolution (Paris, 1883) .