About
Bertrand Barère de Vieuzac (1755-1841) was a French lawyer and politician, a major figure of the Revolution. Deputy of the Third Estate to the Estates-General of 1789, he joined the Jacobin Club and founded the newspaper Le Point du Jour. Elected to the Convention in 1792, he voted for the death of Louis XVI and became a member of the Committee of Public Safety in 1793, serving as its spokesman. He supported the Terror and contributed to the fall of Robespierre on 9 Thermidor. Arrested in 1795, he escaped and went into hiding. Pardoned by Napoleon, he was exiled as a regicide during the Restoration, then returned to France after 1830. His Mémoires were published posthumously.
* 1755-09-10 — † 1841-01-13
Major works
- Le Point du Jour (1789)newspaper
- Mémoires (1842)memoirs
Key milestones
- 1789Elected deputy of the Third Estate for Bigorre to the Estates-General.
- 1793Appointed to the Committee of Public Safety, he became its secretary and leading spokesman.
- 1794On 9 Thermidor, he drafted the report outlawing Robespierre.
Themes
French RevolutionReign of TerrorPatriotismUniversal educationCivic religion
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