Comte de Mirabeau
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: The 17th and 18th Centuries
- Categories: Government and Politics
- Subcategories: Politicians, Diplomats, Authors, Writers, Aristocracy, Aristocrats, Nobles, French Revolution, Reign of Terror
- Curriculum: 18th Century European History, French History
Article abstract: Mirabeau was a bridge between the aristocracy and the people, and between the variously named legislatures and the king. He led the fight to establish the National Assembly out of the Estates-General to bring order in the then-named National Constituent Assembly and to save the monarchy as one of the two agents of the people.
Early Life
Honoré-Gabriel Riqueti, Comte de Mirabeau, was christened Gabriel-Honoré and called Gabriel in the family. Many of his works were first published anonymously, and he seldom used his title. In the...
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