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Maximilien Robespierre frequented (Café Procope)
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Description
Maximilien Robespierre
Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre
(
French:
[mak.si.mi.ljɛ̃ fʁɑ̃.swa ma.ʁi i.zi.dɔʁ də ʁɔ.bɛs.pjɛʁ]
; 6 May 1758 – 28 July 1794) was a French
lawyer
and
statesman
who was one of the best-known and most influential figures of the
French Revolution
. As a member of the
Constituent Assembly
and the
Jacobin Club
, he campaigned for
universal manhood suffrage
[1]
and the abolition both of
celibacy
for the
clergy
, and
slavery
. In 1791, Robespierre became an outspoken advocate for the citizens without a political voice, for their unrestricted admission to the
National Guard
, to public offices, and for the right to carry arms in self-defence.
[2]
[3]
[4]
He played an important part in the agitation which brought about the fall of the French monarchy on
10 August 1792
and the summoning of a
National Convention
.
[5]
His goal was to create a
united and indivisible France
,
equality before the law
, to abolish
prerogatives
and to defend the principles of
direct democracy
.
[6]
References
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilien Robespierre
https://openplaques.org/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&phrase=victor+hugo
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