Pierre-Édouard Lémontey
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Pierre-Édouard Lémontey (14 January 1762, Lyon
- 26 June 1826, Paris) was a French lawyer, politician, scholar and historian.
at the Legislative Assembly
, he was elected its president several times. He took part in the defence of Lyon againsst the troops of the National Convention
and in 1793 escaped death by fleeing to Switzerland. Lémontey returned in 1795 and was in 1804 made head of the theatrical censorship commission, entering the Académie française
in 1819.
He was twice a laureate of the Académie de Marseille
for his Éloges praising Peiresc
(1785) and those praising Cook
(1788). He edited royalist newspapers and was one of the companions at the "Déjeuner de la Fourchette".
Lyon
Lyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
- 26 June 1826, Paris) was a French lawyer, politician, scholar and historian.
Life
On the convocation of the États généraux, he was noted for many political writings. Deputy for the RhôneRhône
Rhone can refer to:* Rhone, one of the major rivers of Europe, running through Switzerland and France* Rhône Glacier, the source of the Rhone River and one of the primary contributors to Lake Geneva in the far eastern end of the canton of Valais in Switzerland...
at the Legislative Assembly
Legislative Assembly (France)
During the French Revolution, the Legislative Assembly was the legislature of France from 1 October 1791 to September 1792. It provided the focus of political debate and revolutionary law-making between the periods of the National Constituent Assembly and of the National Convention.The Legislative...
, he was elected its president several times. He took part in the defence of Lyon againsst the troops of the National Convention
National Convention
During the French Revolution, the National Convention or Convention, in France, comprised the constitutional and legislative assembly which sat from 20 September 1792 to 26 October 1795 . It held executive power in France during the first years of the French First Republic...
and in 1793 escaped death by fleeing to Switzerland. Lémontey returned in 1795 and was in 1804 made head of the theatrical censorship commission, entering the Académie française
Académie française
L'Académie française , also called the French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. The Académie was officially established in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu, the chief minister to King Louis XIII. Suppressed in 1793 during the French Revolution,...
in 1819.
He was twice a laureate of the Académie de Marseille
Académie de Marseille
The Académie de Marseille is a French learned society from Marseille. It was set up in 1726 and included those in the city involved in the arts, letters and sciences.-External links:*...
for his Éloges praising Peiresc
Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc
Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc was a French astronomer, antiquary and savant who maintained a wide correspondence with scientists and was a successful organizer of scientific inquiry...
(1785) and those praising Cook
James Cook
Captain James Cook, FRS, RN was a British explorer, navigator and cartographer who ultimately rose to the rank of captain in the Royal Navy...
(1788). He edited royalist newspapers and was one of the companions at the "Déjeuner de la Fourchette".
Main works
- Palma, ou le Voyage en Grèce, opéra en deux actes, Paris, Théâtre de la rue Feydeau, 5 fructidor an 6 (1798)
- Raison, folie, chacun son mot, petit cours de morale mis à la portée des vieux enfans (1801)
- Irons-nous à Paris ? ou la famille du Jura (novel written on the occasion of Napoleon I of FranceNapoleon I of FranceNapoleon Bonaparte was a French military and political leader during the latter stages of the French Revolution.As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of the French from 1804 to 1815...
's coronation) (1804) - La Vie du soldat français, en 3 dialogues composés par un conscrit du département de l'ArdècheArdècheArdèche is a department in south-central France named after the Ardèche River.- History :The area has been inhabited by humans at least since the Upper Paleolithic, as attested by the famous cave paintings at Chauvet Pont d'Arc. The plateau of the Ardeche River has extensive standing stones ,...
(1805) - ThibautTheobald I of NavarreTheobald I , called the Troubadour, the Chansonnier, and the Posthumous, was Count of Champagne from birth and King of Navarre from 1234...
, ou la Naissance d'un comte de Champagne, poème en 4 chants, sans préface et sans notes, traduit de la langue romance, sur l'original composé en 1250, par Robert de SorbonRobert de SorbonRobert de Sorbon was a French theologian, the chaplain of Louis IX of France, and founder of the Sorbonne college in Paris....
ne, clerc du diocèse de Rheims (1811) - Essai sur l'établissement monarchique de Louis XIVLouis XIV of FranceLouis XIV , known as Louis the Great or the Sun King , was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and Navarre. His reign, from 1643 to his death in 1715, began at the age of four and lasted seventy-two years, three months, and eighteen days...
, et sur les altérations qu'il éprouva pendant la vie de ce Prince (1818) - both praised and controversial on its publication, it was a forerunner of L'Ancien Régime et la Révolution by TocquevilleAlexis de TocquevilleAlexis-Charles-Henri Clérel de Tocqueville was a French political thinker and historian best known for his Democracy in America and The Old Regime and the Revolution . In both of these works, he explored the effects of the rising equality of social conditions on the individual and the state in...
and underlined the continuity between the institutions of the Ancien Régime and those of the French RevolutionFrench RevolutionThe French Revolution , sometimes distinguished as the 'Great French Revolution' , was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France and Europe. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed in three years...
. He interpreted this continuity as a result of Louis XIV's absolutismAbsolutism (European history)Absolutism or The Age of Absolutism is a historiographical term used to describe a form of monarchical power that is unrestrained by all other institutions, such as churches, legislatures, or social elites...
. - De la Peste de Marseille et de la ProvenceGreat Plague of MarseilleThe Great Plague of Marseille was the last of the significant European outbreaks of bubonic plague. Arriving in Marseille, France in 1720, the disease killed 100,000 people in the city and the surrounding provinces. However, Marseille recovered quickly from the plague outbreak. Economic activity...
pendant les années 1720 et 1721 (1821) - Œuvres, édition revue et préparée par l'auteur (13 vol.) (1829)
- Histoire de la RégenceRégenceThe Régence is the period in French history between 1715 and 1723, when King Louis XV was a minor and the land was governed by a Regent, Philippe d'Orléans, the nephew of Louis XIV of France....
et de la minorité de Louis XVLouis XV of FranceLouis XV was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and of Navarre from 1 September 1715 until his death. He succeeded his great-grandfather at the age of five, his first cousin Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, served as Regent of the kingdom until Louis's majority in 1723...
jusqu'au ministère du cardinal de Fleury (1832)