See also:

• JEROME, JEROME KLAPKA (1859– )
• JEROME, ST (HIERONYMUS, in full EUSEBIUS SOPHRONIUS HIERONYMUS) (c. 340–420)

JEROME PETION DE See also:

• VILLENEUVE, PIERRE CHARLES JEAN BAPTISTE SILVESTRE (1763-r8o6)

VILLENEUVE (1756–1794)  , See also:

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

French writer and politician, was the son of a procureur at See also:

• CHARTRES

Chartres . He became an avocat in 1778, and at once began to try to make a name in literature . His first printed See also:

• WORK

work was an See also:

• ESSAY, ESSAYIST (Fr. essai, Late Lat. exagium, a weighing or balance; exigere, to examine; the term in general meaning any trial or effort)

essay, Sur See also:

• LES

les moyens de prevenir l'See also:

• INFANTICIDE

infanticide, which failed to gain the See also:

• PRIZE, or PRIZE OF WAR (Fr. prise, from prendre, to take)

prize for which it was composed, but pleased See also:

• BRISSOT, JACQUES PIERRE (1754-1793)

Brissot so much that he printed it in vol. vii. of his Bibliotheque philosophiquedes legislateurs . Petion's next See also:

• WORKS

works, Les Lois civiles, and Essay sur le mariage, in which he advocated the See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage of priests, confirmed his position as a bold reformer, and when the elections to the States-See also:

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

General took See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in 1789 he was elected a 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 Tiers Etat for Chartres . Both in the See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

assembly of the Tiers Etat and in the Constituent Assembly Petion showed himself a See also:

• RADICAL (Lat. radix, a root)

radical See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader . He supported See also:

• MIRABEAU, ANDRE BONIFACE LOUIS RIQUETI, VICOMTE DE (1754-1792)
• MIRABEAU, HONORS GABRIEL RIQUETI, COMTE DE (1749-1791)
• MIRABEAU, VICTOR RIQUETI, MARQUIS DE (1715-1789)

Mirabeau on the 23rd of See also:

• JUNE

June, attacked the See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

queen on the 5th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October, and 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 on the 4th of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1790 . On the 15th of June 1791 he was elected president of the criminal tribunal of 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 21st of June 1791 he was chosen one of three commissioners appointed to bring back 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 from Varennes, and he has See also:

• LEFT

left a fatuous See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the See also:

• JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey . After the last 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 assembly on the 3oth of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1791 See also:

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

Robespierre and Petion were made the popular heroes and were crowned by the populace with civic crowns . Petion received a still further See also:

• PROOF (in M. Eng. preove, proeve, preve, &°c., from O. Fr . prueve, proeve, &c., mod. preuve, Late. Lat. proba, probate, to prove, to test the goodness of anything, probus, good)

proof of the See also:

• AFFECTION (Lat. ad, and facere, to do something to, sc. a person)

affection of the Parisians for himself on the 16th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1791, when he was elected second See also:

• MAYOR (Lat. major, greater)
• MAYOR, JOHN EYTON BICKERSTETH (1825– )

mayor of Paris in See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession to See also:

• BAILLY, JEAN SYLVAIN (1736-1793)

Bailly . In his' mayoralty he exhibited clearly his republican tendency and his hatred of the old See also:

• MONARCHY (Fr. monarchic, from Lat. monarchia, Gr. uovapXia, rule of one, µbvos, alone, apXi7, rule)

monarchy, especially on the loth of June 1792, when he allowed the See also:

• MOB

mob to overrun the Tuileries and insult the royal See also:

• FAMILY

family . For neglecting to protect the Tuileries he was suspended from his functions by the See also:

• DIRECTORY

Directory of the See also:

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

department of the See also:

• SEINE
• SEINE (Lat. Sequana)
• SEINE, or SEAN (O. Fr. seigne, mod. seine, Lat. sagena, Gr. vaytivrl, a draw-net)

Seine, but the leaders of the Legislative Assembly See also:

• FELT (cognate with Ger. Filz, Du. vilt, Swed. and Dan. fill; the root is unknown; the word has given Med. Lat. filtrum, " filter ")

felt that Petion's cause was theirs, and rescinded the suspension on the 13th of See also:

• JULY

July .

On the 3rd of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August, at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the See also:

• MUNICIPALITY

municipality of Paris, Petion demanded the dethronement of the king . He was elected to the See also:

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

Convention for See also:

• EURE

Eure-et-Loir and became its first president . L . P . See also:

• MANUEL, EUGENE (1823–1901)
• MANUEL, JACQUES ANTOINE (1775-1827)
• MANUEL, LOUIS PIERRE (1751-1793)

Manuel had the folly to propose that the president of the Assembly should have the same authority as the president of the See also:

• UNITED

United States; his proposition was at once rejected, but Petion got the See also:

• NICKNAME

nickname of " Roi Petion," which contributed to his fall . His See also:

• JEALOUSY (adapted from Fr. jalousie, formed from jaloux, jealous, Low Lat. zelosus, Gr. j'i os, ardour, zeal, from the root seen in '&u', to boil, ferment; cf. " yeast ")

jealousy of Robespierre allied him to the Girondin party, with which he voted for the king's See also:

• DEATH

death and for the See also:

• APPEAL

appeal to the See also:

• PEOPLE

people . He was elected in See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1793 to the first 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; and he attacked Robespierre, who had accused him of having known and having kept See also:

• SECRET (Lat. secretum, hidden, concealed)

secret See also:

• DUMOURIEZ, CHARLES FRANCOIS (1739—1823)

Dumouriez's project of See also:

• TREASON (Fr. trahison, Lat. traditio)

treason . His popularity however had waned, and his name was among those of the twenty-two Girondin deputies proscribed on the 2nd of June . Petion was one of those who escaped to See also:

• CAEN

Caen and raised the See also:

• STANDARD
• STANDARD, BATTLE OF THE

standard of provincial insurrection against the Convention; and, when the See also:

• NORMAN
• NORMAN, SIR HENRY WYLIE (1826-1904)

Norman rising failed, he fled with M . E .. See also:

• GUADET, MARGUERITE ELIE (1753-1794)

Guadet, F . A .

See also:

• BUZOT, FRANCOIS NICOLAS LEONARD (176o-1794)

Buzot, C . J . M . See also:

• BARBAROUX, CHARLES JEAN MARIE (1767-1794)

Barbaroux, J . B . Salle and Louvet de Couvrai to the See also:

• GIRONDE

Gironde, where they were sheltered by a See also:

• WIG (short for " periwig," an alternative form of " peruke," Fr. perruque; cf. Span. peluca; conjecturally derived from Lat. pilus)

wig-maker of See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

Saint Emilion . At last, a See also:

• MONTH
• MONTH (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maand, Dan. maaned, &c., and cognate with Lat. mensis, Gr. µi7v, &c., in other branches of the Indo-Germanic family; all ultimately from the root seen in the word for the moon in nearly all those languages

month before Robespierre's fall in June 1794, the escaped deputies felt themselves no longer safe, and deserted their See also:

• ASYLUM (from Gr. b.-, privative, arid earl, right'of seizure)
• ASYLUM, RIGHT OF (Fr. droit d'asile; Ger. Asylrecht)

asylum; Louvet found his way to Paris, Salle and Guadet to See also:

• BORDEAUX

Bordeaux, where they were soon taken; Barbaroux committed See also:

• SUICIDE (from Lat. sui, of oneself, and cidium, from cued ere, to kill)

suicide; and the bodies of Petion and Buzot, who also killed themselves, were found in a See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field, See also:

• HALF

half-eaten by wolves . See Memoires inedits de Petion et memoires de Buzot et de Barbaroux, accompannes de notes inedites de Buzot et de nombreux documents inedits sur Barbaroux, Buzot, Brissot, b'e., precedes d'une introduction See also:

• PAR (Lat. par, equal)

par C . A . Dauban (Paris, 1866) ; Euvres de Petion (3 vols., 1792); F . A . See also:

• AULARD, FRANCOIS

Aulard, Les Orateurs de la Constituante (Paris, 1882) .