Revolutionary Ideas: An Intellectual History of the French Revolution From the Rights of Man to Robespierre Read Online Free PDF Page A

most active member of the Convention’s constitutional committee after Condorcet, contributed to formulating and presenting the world’s first democratic constitution (February 1793). Arrested 2 June 1793; guillotined with Brissot 31 October 1793.
    Ginguené, Pierre-Louis (1748–1816), man of letters, author of a literary history of Italy, and an editor of La Feuille villageoise , headed the 1791 petitioning movement for pantheonizing Rousseau. Imprisoned under the Terror, afterwards headed the Thermidorians’ Commission for Public Instruction. Opposed Napoleon’s dictatorship.
    Gioia, Melchiorre (1767–1829), Italian Radical Enlightenment publicist and Utilitarian philosopher from Piacenza. Influenced by Bentham, one of the architects of the Italian republican revolutions of 1796–97 and, in July 1796, a founder of the Milanese paper Giornale degli amici della libertà e dell’ uguaglianza . Appealed to his compatriots to form authentic democratic republics that would not be merely subservient to the French Directory.
    Girey-Duprey, Jean-Marie (1769–1793), ardent republican, keeper of manuscripts at the Bibliothèque Nationale, and ally of Brissot, especially as editor of Le Patriote françois from October 1791. Denouncing Marat and the Montagne, forced to cease publication on 2 June 1793. Outlawed, escaped and hid in Bordeaux but was caught a few months later. Guillotined in Paris on 20 November 1793.
    Gobel, Jean-Baptiste (1727–1794), ex-Jesuit, in March 1791 the National Assembly’s first bishop deputy to swear the oath of allegiance to the Civil Constitution of the Clergy. Became the first popularly “elected” bishop of Paris, obtaining far more votes than Fauchet, Grégoire, or Sieyès. Publicly renounced Christianity and his bishopric for la philosophie on 7 November 1793. Guillotined in Paris, on 13 April 1794.
    Gorsas, Antoine Joseph (1752–1793), before 1789 a tutor, founded the Courrier de Versailles à Paris in July 1789, and became one of the Revolution’s principal republican journalists. Among the Montagne’s sharpest critics and an organizer of the 20 June and 10 August 1792 risings, was denounced by Robespierre in the Jacobins from April 1792 onwards. Guillotined in Paris on 7 October 1793.
    Gouges, Olympe de (1748–1793), renowned female dramatist, admirer of Mirabeau, and radical publicist for women’s rights, black emancipation, and freedom of expression. Among the most prominent female participants in the Revolution. Vehemently denounced and derided Robespierre. Guillotined in Paris on 3 November 1793.
    Grégoire, Henri, Abbé (1750–1831), priest but also a leading champion of toleration through love of l’esprit philosophique and reverence for Voltaire and Rousseau. Following his 1788 essay on Jewish emancipation, became a leading promoter of the rights of Jews and blacks. Supported most of the Revolution’s ecclesiastical reforms. An architect of the February 1795 separation of state and church.
    Guadet, Marguerite Elie (1758–1794), leading Brissotin deputy and advocate of a philosophique stance, repudiating populist Rousseauism and deriding all invoking of divine providence. A vigorous orator, in the Convention prominent in denouncing Marat and Robespierre. Escaped after the coup of 2 June 1793. Guillotined in Bordeaux, 17 June 1794.
    Guyomar, Pierre (1757–1826), mayor of a small town of Lower Brittany, elected to the Convention on September 1792. Played a prominent part in the constitutional debate over the winter of 1792–93. Among the most ardent advocates of women’s equality and right to participate in politics. Prudently quiescent under the Montagnard dictatorship, after Thermidor was instrumental in getting thesurviving Brissotins restored to the Convention and organizing the neo-Brissotin resurgence.
    Guzman, Andres Maria de (1752–1794), naturalized Frenchman of Andalusian origin, among the foremost Parisian crowd agitators. Initially allied to Marat and Hébert,