Claude-Emmanuel de Pastoret
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Claude-Emmanuel Joseph Pierre, marquis de Pastoret (1755, Marseille
– 1840) was a French author and politician.
Pastoret was elected member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres on the strength of his "Zoroastre, Confucius et Mahomet comparés comme sectaires, legislateurs et moralistes". He was Venerable Master of "Les Neuf Sœurs
" from 1788 till 1789. In 1790 Claude-Emannuel Pastoret—then president of the Parisian electoral body to the National Assembly—was offered the offices of Minister of Interior and Minister of Justice by the desperate King Louis XVI. He declined the honours and was elected "procureur géneral syndic du département de la Seine". It was in this capacity that he was responsible for the transformation of the église Sainte-Génevieve into a temple where the remains of great citizens of the new state were to be honoured: the Panthéon, Paris
.
In the National Assembly (French Revolution)
he pleaded for the abolition of slavery and the secularisation of the civil state.
Following the coup d'état of 18 Fructidor, an V (see:Directoire) Pastoret was excluded from the Council of Five Hundred
(les "Cinq-Cents").
Under Napoleon's First French Empire
he worked on a University career. Under Louis XVIII he was awarded a French peerage for his extensive work on the Constitutional Charter.
In 1830 he refused to vow loyalty to Louis-Philippe and was deprived of all his functions.
His written works include a "Traité des lois pénales" and an impressive "Histoire de la législation" (11 volumes)
Marseille
Marseille , known in antiquity as Massalia , is the second largest city in France, after Paris, with a population of 852,395 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Marseille extends beyond the city limits with a population of over 1,420,000 on an area of...
– 1840) was a French author and politician.
Pastoret was elected member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres on the strength of his "Zoroastre, Confucius et Mahomet comparés comme sectaires, legislateurs et moralistes". He was Venerable Master of "Les Neuf Sœurs
Les Neuf Sœurs
Loge Les Neuf Sœurs , established in Paris in 1776, was a prominent French Masonic Lodge of the Grand Orient de France that was influential in organising French support for the American Revolution. A "Société des Neuf Sœurs," a charitable society that surveyed academic curricula, had been active at...
" from 1788 till 1789. In 1790 Claude-Emannuel Pastoret—then president of the Parisian electoral body to the National Assembly—was offered the offices of Minister of Interior and Minister of Justice by the desperate King Louis XVI. He declined the honours and was elected "procureur géneral syndic du département de la Seine". It was in this capacity that he was responsible for the transformation of the église Sainte-Génevieve into a temple where the remains of great citizens of the new state were to be honoured: the Panthéon, Paris
Panthéon, Paris
The Panthéon is a building in the Latin Quarter in Paris. It was originally built as a church dedicated to St. Genevieve and to house the reliquary châsse containing her relics but, after many changes, now functions as a secular mausoleum containing the remains of distinguished French citizens...
.
In the National Assembly (French Revolution)
National Assembly (French Revolution)
During the French Revolution, the National Assembly , which existed from June 17 to July 9, 1789, was a transitional body between the Estates-General and the National Constituent Assembly.-Background:...
he pleaded for the abolition of slavery and the secularisation of the civil state.
Following the coup d'état of 18 Fructidor, an V (see:Directoire) Pastoret was excluded from the Council of Five Hundred
Council of Five Hundred
The Council of Five Hundred , or simply the Five Hundred was the lower house of the legislature of France during the period commonly known as the Directory , from 22 August 1795 until 9 November 1799, roughly the second half of the period generally referred to as the...
(les "Cinq-Cents").
Under Napoleon's First French Empire
First French Empire
The First French Empire , also known as the Greater French Empire or Napoleonic Empire, was the empire of Napoleon I of France...
he worked on a University career. Under Louis XVIII he was awarded a French peerage for his extensive work on the Constitutional Charter.
In 1830 he refused to vow loyalty to Louis-Philippe and was deprived of all his functions.
His written works include a "Traité des lois pénales" and an impressive "Histoire de la législation" (11 volumes)