The role of historical precedents during the First Constitutional debates of the French Revolution (1789-1791)

Authors

  • Daniele Di Bartolomeo Università degli Studi di Teramo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17811/hc.v0i20.555

Keywords:

French Revolution, Uses of the past, Constitutional Models, Constituent Assembly, French Constitution of 1791

Abstract

This article analyzes the political use of history during the early constitutional debates of the French Revolution (1789-1791). The goal is to demonstrate that historical precedents and past constitutional models played a decisive role in the major parliamentary debates that led to the approval of the first revolutionary Constitution (3 September 1791). The attention will be focused on the sessions which the Constituent Assembly devoted to the division of powers, the Civil Constitution of the Clergy, the reform of the judicial system and the right of peace and war.

Fecha de envío / Submission date : 22/09/2018

Fecha de aceptación /Acceptance date : 2/11/2018

Author Biography

Daniele Di Bartolomeo, Università degli Studi di Teramo

Research Fellow Facoltà di Scienze della Comunicazione Università degli Studi di Teramo (Italia) Campus universitario di Coste Sant'Agostino via R. Balzarini 1 - 64100 TERAMO

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Published

2018-09-14

Issue

No. 20 (2019): Historia Constitucional N. 20 (2019)

Section

Europe

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