Witness to the Revolution: Jean-Baptiste Louvet, 1760-1797

132 Pages·2020·17.574 MB·English

by  Bette W Oliver

Witness to the Revolution

Witness to the Revolution
Jean-Baptiste Louvet, 1760–1797
Bette W. Oliver

LEXINGTONBOOKS

Lanham•Boulder•NewYork• London

Jean-BaptisteLouvet
PublishedbyLexingtonBooks
AnimprintofTheRowman&LittlefieldPublishingGroup,Inc.
4501ForbesBoulevard,Suite200,Lanham,Maryland20706
wwwrowman.com
6TinworthStreet,LondonSE115AL,UnitedKingdom
Copyright©2020byTheRowman&LittlefieldPublishingGroup,Inc.
Frontispiece:ImageofJean-BaptisteLouvetfrom‘HistoiredeFrancepopulaire,depuis
lestempslesplusreculésjusqu’ànosjours’1867–“MARTINBonLouisHenri.”
Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereproducedinanyformorbyany
electronicormechanicalmeans,includinginformationstorageandretrievalsystems,
withoutwrittenpermissionfromthepublisher,exceptbyareviewerwhomayquote
passagesinareview.

BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationInformationAvailable

LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData
LibraryofCongressControlNumber:2020944046

ISBN:978-1-7936-1853-5(cloth:alk.paper)
ISBN:978-1-7936-1854-2(electronic)
TMThepaperusedinthispublicationmeetstheminimumrequirementsofAmerican
NationalStandardforInformationSciences—PermanenceofPaperforPrintedLibrary
Materials,ANSI/NISOZ39.48-1992.
Contents
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction ix
1 BeforetheStorm:1760–1790 1
2 DawnofaNewDay:1791–1792 11
3 DivisionandDisillusionment:1792–1793 29
4 FromDeputiestoFugitives:1793–1794 49
5 FromSt.ÉmiliontoParis:1794–1795 67
6 AftertheStorm:1795–1797 83
Conclusion 97
Bibliography 101
Index 105

AbouttheAuthor 117

v

Acknowledgments
I would like to thank the staffs of the Bibliothèque Nationale, Départment
des Manuscrits, for making possible my research on the Girondin fugitives.
MyfriendsandcolleagueswhospecializeintheFrenchRevolutionhavealso
beenhelpfulwithcommentsonpaperspresentedattheConsortiumonRevo-
lutionaryEuropeandtheWesternSocietyforFrenchHistory.Asanindepen-
dent historian, I especially value these contacts in the ongoing development
ofmywork.
In addition, I am grateful for Terry Sherrell’s assistance and expertise in
theelectronicformattingofthisbook,andDr.HerminaAnghelescu’sprofes-
sionalindexing.
Thanks are also due to my non-historian friends, who have listened pa-
tiently while I talked about my interest in documenting the lives of the
Girondins.Theyservedas anattentive audienceandsometimes offeredsug-
gestions,whichIhaveoftenfounduseful.

vii