See also:

• JEAN

JEAN See also:

• BAPTISTE

BAPTISTE See also:

• CARRIER
• JEAN BAPTISTE CARRIER (1956-1794)

CARRIER (1956-1794)  , See also:

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

French Revolutionist and Terrorist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Yolet, a See also:

• VILLAGE

village near See also:

• AURILLAC

Aurillac in Upper See also:

• AUVERGNE

Auvergne . In 1790 he was a See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country See also:

• ATTORNEY (from O. Fr. atorne, a person appointed to act for another, from atourner, legal Lat. attornare, attorn, literally to turn over to another or commit business to another)

attorney (counsellor for the bailliage of Aurillac) and in 1792 he was chosen See also:

• DEPUTY (through the Fr. from a Late Lat. use of deputare, to cut off, allot; putare having the original sense of to trim, prune)

deputy to the See also:

• NATIONAL

National See also:

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

Convention . He was already known as one of the influential members of the See also:

• CORDELIERS, CLUB OF THE

Cordeliers dub and ofthat of the See also:

• JACOBINS, THE

Jacobins . After the subjugation of See also:

• FLANDERS (Flem. Vlaanderen)

Flanders he was one of the commissioners nominated in the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of 1792 by the Convention, and sent into that country In the following See also:

• YEAR

year he took See also:

• PART

part in establishing the Revolutionary Tribunal . He voted for the See also:

• DEATH

death of See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis XVI., was one of the first to See also:

• CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call for the See also:

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

arrest of the See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

duke of See also:

• ORLEANS
• ORLEANS, CHARLES, DUKE OF (1391-1465)
• ORLEANS, DUKES OF
• ORLEANS, FERDINAND PHILIP LOUIS CHARLES HENRY, DUKE OF (1810-1842)
• ORLEANS, HENRI, PRINCE
• ORLEANS, HENRIETTA, DUCHESS
• ORLEANS, JEAN BAPTISTE GASTON, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE JOSEPH
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ROBERT, DUKE
• ORLEANS, LOUIS PHILIPPE, DUKE OF (1725–1785)
• ORLEANS, LOUIS, DUKE OF (1372–1407)
• ORLEANS, PHILIP I
• ORLEANS, PHILIP II

Orleans, and took a prominent part in the overthrow of the See also:

• GIRONDISTS (Fr. Girondins)

Girondists (on the 31st of May) . After a See also:

• MISSION

mission into See also:

• NORMANDY

Normandy, See also:

• CARRIER
• CARRIER, JEAN BAPTISTE (1956-1794)

Carrier was sent, See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early in See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1793, to See also:

• NANTES
• NANTES, EDICT OF

Nantes, under orders from the Convention to suppress the revolt which was raging there, by the most severe See also:

• MEASURES

measures . Nothing loth, he established a revolutionary tribunal, and formed a See also:

• BODY

body of desperate men, called the See also:

• LEGION (Lat. legio)

Legion of See also:

• MARAT, JEAN PAUL (1743-1793)

Marat, for the purpose of destroying in the swiftest way the masses of prisoners heaped in the jails . The See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of trial was soon discontinued, and the victims were sent to the See also:

• GUILLOTINE

guillotine or shot or cut down in the prisons en masse . He also had large See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers of prisoners put on See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board vessels with See also:

• TRAP (0. Eng. treppe or traepee, properly a step, as that or which an animal places its foot and is caught, cf. Ger. Treppe flight of stairs)

trap doors for bottoms, and sunk in the See also:

• LOIRE

Loire . This atrocious See also:

• PROCESS

process, known as the Noyades of Nantes, gained for Carrier a reputation for wanton See also:

• CRUELTY (through the O. Fr. crualte, mod. cruaute, from the Lat. crudelitas)

cruelty . Since in his mission to Normandy he had been very moderate, it is possible that, as he was See also:

• NERVOUS

nervous and See also:

• ILL

ill when sent to Nantes, his mind had become unbalanced by the atrocities committed by the Vendean and royalist armies . Naturally, the stories told of him are not all true .

He was recalled by the 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 of Public Safety on the 8th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1794, took part in the attack on See also:

• ROBESPIERRE, MAXIMILIEN FRANCOIS MARIE ISIDORE DE (175$-1794)

Robespierre on the 9th See also:

• THERMIDOR (from Gr. BEpµrt, heat, and & pov, gift)

Thermidor, but was himself brought before the Revolutionary Tribunal on the 11th and guillotined on the 16th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1794 . See See also:

• COMTE, AUGUSTE [ISIDORE AUGUSTE MARIE FRANCOIS XAVIER] (1798-1857)

Comte See also:

• FLEURY [ABRAHAM JOSEPH BENARD] (1750-.1822)
• FLEURY, ANDRE HERCULE DE (1653-1743)
• FLEURY, CLAUDE (1640-1723)

Fleury, Carrier a Nantes, 1793-1794 (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, 1897) See also:

• ALFRED

Alfred Lallie, J . B . Carrier, representant du See also:

• CANTAL

Cantal a la Convention 1756-1794 d'apres de nouveaux documents (Paris, 1901) . These See also:

• WORKS

works, and the others of Lallie, are inspired by strong royalist sympathies and are not altogether to be accepted .