The Thermidorians & The Directory
Subtitle: two phases of the French Revolution.
By: Translated from the French by Robert Baldick.
Contributors: Lefebvre, Georges, 1874-1959.
Publisher: Random House
Published: 1964
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng; fre
Number of pages: 461
Subjects: France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799
Description: The Thermadorians was a French political group active during the French Revolution. The group was named for the Thermidorian Reaction in 1794, when its members, led by Paul Barras, Jean-Lambert Tallien and Joseph Fouché, formed a coup d'état against Robespierre and Saint-Just, that were executed with their supporters, on the 27th of July, 1794. The after days, the Thermidorians took over the majority in the National Convention, and in 1795 a new constitution was expressed, with the National Convention that was desestablished for the creation of the French Directory. The Thermidorians became a republican and bourgeoise group, and like the new constitution, also conservative on social themes and liberal on economic themes.
Notes: "Bibliographical suggestions": p. 232-236; 459-461.