See also:

• JEAN

JEAN See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

JOSEPH See also:

• JEAN JOSEPH MOUNIER (1758-18o6)

MOUNIER (1758-18o6)  , See also:

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

French politician, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• GRENOBLE

Grenoble (See also:

• ISERE
• ISERE [anc. Isara]

Isere) on the 12th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1758 . He studied 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 in 1783 obtained a judgeship at Grenoble . He took See also:

• PART

part in the struggle between the pi...dements and the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court in 1788, and promoted the See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting of the estates of See also:

• DAUPHINE

Dauphine at Vizille (See also:

• JULY

July 20, 1788), which on the See also:

• EVE

eve of the Revolution created an immense stir . He was secretary of this See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

assembly, and drafted the cahiers of grievances and remonstrances presented by it to the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king . Thus brought into prominence, See also:

• MOUNIER, JEAN JOSEPH (1758-18o6)

Mounier was unanimously elected 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 of the third See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate to the states See also:

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

general of 1789 . There, and in the Constituent Assembly, he was at first an upholder of the new ideas, pronouncing himself in favour of the See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

union of the Third Estate with the two privileged orders, proposing the famous See also:

• OATH (0. Eng. ddh)

oath of the See also:

• TENNIS (sometimes called royal tennis, and, in America, court tennis)

Tennis Court, assisting in the preparation of the new constitution, and demanding the return of See also:

• NECKER, JACQUES (1732—1804)

Necker . On the 28th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1789 he was elected See also:

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

president of the Constituent Assembly . Being unable, however, to approve the proceedings which followed, Mounier withdrew to Dauphine, gave in his resignation as deputy, and, becoming suspect, took See also:

• REFUGE

refuge in See also:

• SWITZERLAND

Switzerland in 1790 . He returned to See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France in 18oi, was named by See also:

• BONAPARTE

Bonaparte See also:

• PREFECT (prefet)

prefect of the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of Illeet-Vilaine, which he reorganized, and in 1805 was appointed councillor of See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state . He died in 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 on the 28th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 18o6 . His See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal writings are Considerations sur See also:

• LES

les gouvernements (1789); Recherches sur les causes qui ont empeche les See also:

• FRANCAIS, ANTOINE, COUNT (1756-1836)

Francais de devenir libres (1792), and De i'Inftuence attribuee aux philosophes, aux francs-See also:

• MASON, FRANCIS (1799—1874)
• MASON, GEORGE (1725—1792)
• MASON, GEORGE HEMMING (1818–1872)
• MASON, JAMES MURRAY (1798-1871)
• MASON, JOHN (1586-1635)
• MASON, JOHN YOUNG (1799-1859)
• MASON, LOWELL (1792—1872)
• MASON, SIR JOHN (1503–1566)
• MASON, SIR JOSIAH (1795-1881)
• MASON, WILLIAM (1725—1797)

mason et aux illumines sur la revolution de la France (18oi) . See F .

A . See also:

• AULARD, FRANCOIS

Aulard, Les Orateurs de l'assemblee constituante (2nd ed., Paris, 19o5); De Lanzac de Laborie, Utz Royaliste liberal en 1789; J . J . Mounier (Paris, 1887) ; A . Itochas, Biographie du Dauphine (Paris, 1856) ; Berriat St Prix, Eloge historique de M . Mounier (1806) ; F . BoIanovski, " Quelques lettres inedites de J . J . Mounier," in the Revue historique (1898) .