Pierre Philippeaux
Encyclopedia
Pierre Philippeaux, was a French lawyer who was a deputy to the National Convention
for Sarthe
.
, he created the newspaper Le défenseur de la Liberté at the start of the French Revolution
. He voted for the king's death and was sent on a mission to the Vendée where he was noted for his negligence. On his return to Paris he denounced generals Ronsin and Rossignol
in a virulent pamphlet.
He attracted the hostility of Collot d'Herbois and Carrier
and found himself accused of treason and counter-revolutionary activities by Saint-Just. Associated with the Dantonist
s, he fell with them and was guillotined on 5 April 1794.
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...
for Sarthe
Sarthe
Sarthe is a French department, named after the Sarthe River.- History :The department was created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790, pursuant to the law of December 22, 1789, starting from a part of the province of Maine which was divided into two departments, Sarthe to the east and...
.
Life
A lawyer then judge at the district tribunal for Le MansLe Mans
Le Mans is a city in France, located on the Sarthe River. Traditionally the capital of the province of Maine, it is now the capital of the Sarthe department and the seat of the Roman Catholic diocese of Le Mans. Le Mans is a part of the Pays de la Loire region.Its inhabitants are called Manceaux...
, he created the newspaper Le défenseur de la Liberté at the start of the French Revolution
French Revolution
The 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 voted for the king's death and was sent on a mission to the Vendée where he was noted for his negligence. On his return to Paris he denounced generals Ronsin and Rossignol
Jean Antoine Rossignol
Jean Antoine Rossignol, was a general of the French Revolutionary Wars-Early life:...
in a virulent pamphlet.
He attracted the hostility of Collot d'Herbois and Carrier
Jean-Baptiste Carrier
Jean-Baptiste Carrier was a French Revolutionary, known for his cruelty to his enemies, especially to clergy.-Biography:...
and found himself accused of treason and counter-revolutionary activities by Saint-Just. Associated with the Dantonist
Georges Danton
Georges Jacques Danton was leading figure in the early stages of the French Revolution and the first President of the Committee of Public Safety. Danton's role in the onset of the Revolution has been disputed; many historians describe him as "the chief force in theoverthrow of the monarchy and the...
s, he fell with them and was guillotined on 5 April 1794.
Source
- http://www.gutenberg.org/files/10953/10953-8.txtAdolphe ThiersAdolphe ThiersMarie Joseph Louis Adolphe Thiers was a French politician and historian. was a prime minister under King Louis-Philippe of France. Following the overthrow of the Second Empire he again came to prominence as the French leader who suppressed the revolutionary Paris Commune of 1871...
, Histoire de la Révolution française, tome 5, chap. XIV à XVIII]