Louis de Saint-Just
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: The 17th and 18th Centuries
- Categories: Government and Politics
- Subcategories: Politicians, Diplomats, French Revolution, Reign of Terror
- Curriculum: 18th Century European History, French History
Article abstract: An acute political theorist and insightful orator, Saint-Just dominated the executive councils of the National Convention at a time when internal anarchy and military invasions threatened social order in France.
Early Life
Louis Antoine Léon de Saint-Just was born in Decize, a town along the Loire River, but he grew up in southern Picardy, the native province of his father, a retired military officer who had purchased property at Blérancourt. The mother of Saint-Just, Jeanne-Marie Robinot, was the daughter of an established notary....
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