Thermidor
Thermidor
(tɛrmidɔr)| Noun | 1. | Thermidor - eleventh month of the Revolutionary calendar (July and August); the month of heat |
| 单词 | thermidor | |||
| 释义 | ThermidorThermidor(tɛrmidɔr)
ThermidorThermidor(thûr`mĭdôr, Fr. tĕrmēdôr`), 11th month of the French Revolutionary calendarFrench Revolutionary calendar,the official calendar of France, Nov. 24, 1793–Dec. 31, 1805. Its introduction was decreed by the Convention on Oct. 5, 1793, but it was computed from Sept. 22, 1792, the autumnal equinox and the day after the proclamation of the republic. ..... Click the link for more information. . The coup of 9 Thermidor (July 27, 1794) marked the downfall of RobespierreRobespierre, Maximilien Marie Isidore , 1758–94, one of the leading figures of the French Revolution. Early Life A poor youth, he was enabled to study law in Paris through a scholarship. ..... Click the link for more information. and the end of the Reign of TerrorReign of Terror, 1793–94, period of the French Revolution characterized by a wave of executions of presumed enemies of the state. Directed by the Committee of Public Safety, the Revolutionary government's Terror was essentially a war dictatorship, instituted to rule the ..... Click the link for more information. . The men who came into power were members of the old bourgeoisie and the newly rich who had profited from speculation and inflation. Extravagance in dress and manner prevailed. The JacobinsJacobins , political club of the French Revolution. Formed in 1789 by the Breton deputies to the States-General, it was reconstituted as the Society of Friends of the Constitution after the revolutionary National Assembly moved (Oct., 1789) to Paris. ..... Click the link for more information. were suppressed, but the royalists did not gain power. The Thermidorians removed economic controls, thus unleashing inflation, and established some freedom of worship. The principal figures in the so-called Thermidorian reaction included BarrasBarras, Paul François Jean Nicolas, vicomte de , 1755–1829, French revolutionary. Although of a noble family, he joined the Jacobins in the Revolution and was a member of the Convention. ..... Click the link for more information. and TallienTallien, Jean Lambert , 1767–1820, French revolutionary. A law clerk and later a printer, he became known through his Jacobin journal, Ami des citoyens. A leader in the attack (Aug. ..... Click the link for more information. . The period ended with the establishment of the DirectoryDirectory, group of five men who held the executive power in France according to the constitution of the year III (1795) of the French Revolution. They were chosen by the new legislature, by the Council of Five Hundred and the Council of Ancients; each year one director, chosen ..... Click the link for more information. (1795). BibliographySee A. Mathiez, The Thermidorian Reaction (1929, tr. 1930). Thermidorthe 11th month of the year according to the republican calendar that was in effect in France from 1793 to 1805. Thermidor corresponded to the period from July 19/20 to August 17/18. Thermidor
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