Rousseau, Abbé Pierre-Joseph, 174
167, 168, 182, 184, 189, 223
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques, 30
Registration of Births etc., ( État Civil), 221
Roux, Abbé Jacques, 34, 35, 153–154
Regnaud de Saint-Jean-d’Angély, Laure,
Royal Navy, 87
comtesse, 239
Royalists, 188, 211, 213, 223,
Regnaud de Saint-Jean-d’Angély, Michel,
225, 227
comte, 5, 31, 218, 219, 220, 221,
Rupt, Abbé Sigisbert de, 45
222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227
Religious orders, 135, 156, 159, 160
S
Republic, ‘One and Indivisible’, 4, 8, 13,
Saint-Bonnet-sur-Gironde, 34
14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 28, 51, 53, 55,
Saint-Dizant, Anne-Marie, Mme de, 129,
67, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 79, 80,
203–205
81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89,
Saint-Domingue, 59, 98, 100
90, 91, 92, 94, 96, 98, 99, 100,
Saint-Gemme, 157
102, 103, 104, 105, 108, 109
Saint-Georges-des-Agouts, 35
Republic, Th
ird, 228
Saint-Hermand, 74
Républicain, 178
Saint-Hermine, Marquis of, 129
Requisitions, 89, 95
Saint-James, 194
Reversaux, Jacues-Philippe-Isaac-Guéau de
Saint-Jean-d’Angély, 5, 7, 8, 23, 24, 28,
Gravelle, Marquis of, 19, 21
31, 36, 37, 45, 48, 64, 77, 91, 119,
Revolutionary Calendar, 4, 179
156, 160, 188, 218, 219, 220, 226
Index
265
Saint-Legier de Boisnard d’Orignac, Abbé
Stoffl
et, Nicolas, 65
Réné-Antoine, 189
Supreme Being, Th
e, 14, 18–19, 63, 159,
Saint-Martin de Ré, 31, 78, 124, 186
174, 180, 209
Saint-Maur, rue, Saintes, 46, 145,
Surveillance, committees of, 6, 66, 88–89,
198, 205
94, 100, 107, 117, 118, 139, 171,
Saint-Médard, Abbé Samuel, 167
182, 202, 222, 225
Saint-Pallais Quarter of Saintes, 159–162
Saint-Philibert-du-Pont-Charrault, 73, 88
Suspects, Law of, 40, 116, 117, 119, 126
Saint-Roch, Church of, Paris, 211, 225
Suspects, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 122,
Saint-Saturnin de Séchaud, 8, 39, 107,
123, 124, 126, 140, 178, 179,
116, 126, 157, 162, 193–214, 197
194, 200
Saint-Savinien-sur-Charente, 5, 28, 132,
144–146, 148, 149, 167, 188, 205
T
Saint-Sulpice, Paris, 35, 138
Taillant, 188
Saint-Sulpice d’Arnoult, 199
Taillebourg, 6, 28, 29, 58, 129, 167, 207
Saint-Vaize, 193
Taillet, Abbé Augustin-Marie, 131, 132,
Saintes, 1, 5–8, 13, 14–16, 19–31, 34–35,
133, 138, 139, 142, 145, 149,
38, 39, 40–54, 55–56, 58–68, 66,
150–154
73, 78–83, 88, 91, 95, 96, 107,
Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles-Maurice de,
108, 117, 119–121, 129, 130, 133,
85, 112, 113, 114, 144, 155, 226
134, 136, 138, 139, 141–147, 143,
Taxation, 195
152, 153, 157, 158–160, 161, 162,
Teachers (Instituteurs), 28, 30, 144, 216
166, 171, 178, 179–185, 187, 193,
Temple Prison, 36, 153
194, 198, 199, 201–203, 205, 208,
Temples of Truth (or Reason), 60, 63,
211, 214, 216, 221
92, 107, 134, 200, 211, 212, 213,
Saintonge, 4, 19, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 30,
214, 225
31, 32, 44, 56, 142, 159, 219, 220
Tennis Court Oath, 31
Salons, 31, 221
Terror, 4, 7, 9, 17, 18, 30, 40, 51, 54,
Sans-culottes, 35, 44, 54, 82, 83, 87, 91,
56, 57
93–95, 137, 138, 140, 141, 153,
in La Rochelle, 87–95
157, 223, 224
in Rochefort, 97–115
Santerre, Antoine-Joseph, 224
in Saintes, 58–68
Saumur, 84
in rural localities, 193–209
Savernay, battle of, 86
Th
ermidor coup, 108, 116, 210
Scarcity, 60, 93, 123, 126
Th
ird Estate, 2, 3, 20, 22, 24, 25, 25, 26,
Second Empire, 153, 170, 218, 226, 228
28, 31, 32, 117, 120, 122, 142,
Seigneurial dues, 33, 35, 36, 153, 160
220, 227
Seigneurs, 2, 6, 13, 32, 33, 38, 44, 117,
Th
ouron, General Pierre Th
ouron, 83
140, 153, 157, 198
Tithe, 2, 129
Seillès, Citizen, 214–216
Tonnay-Boutonne, 38
Separation of Church and State, 181, 209
Tonnay-Charente, 26, 180
Ships, 5, 8, 29, 70, 75, 79, 91, 93, 97, 99,
Topaze, 101
101, 102, 108–118, 126, 172, 173,
Topsent, Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas, 108
176, 178, 179–181, 183–187
Torxe, 152
Sieyès, Abbé Emmanuel-Joseph, 23, 115,
Toulon, 8, 92, 100–104, 113
227
Trizay, 157
Sousmoulins, 32, 44
Trogoff -Kerlessy, Admiral Count of, 101
Spain, 8, 15, 69, 70, 82, 86, 112, 118, 131,
Tuileries Palace, 3, 15, 72, 116, 136
136, 138, 142, 154, 167, 189, 198
Turreau, General Louis-Marie, 72, 87,
Staël, Germaine de, 224
88, 93
266 Th
e Unseen Terror
V
Voisin, Abbé Urbain-Joseph-François-
Valentin, Antoine, 23, 37
Marie, 210–211
Valmy, battle of, 85
Vows, religious, 27, 153, 156, 160
Vanderquand, Jean-Eutrope, 67, 166, 201,
206
W
Varaize, 36–38
War of American Independence, 155
Varennes, 3, 48, 221, 224
War with the Kings of Europe, 19,
Vaseau, 176
59, 140
Vatican, 131
War, Franco-Prussian, 228
Vaudreuil, Vice-Admiral Louis-Philippe
Washington, 173, 176–178, 180, 185
Rigaud de, 119–121
Waterloo, 8, 81, 201
Vendée Rebellion, 81, 84, 98, 117
West, Army of the West, 87, 172
Wills, 6
Vergeroux, 100, 176
Winchester, 85
Versailles, 1, 2, 5
Women in the revolution, 2, 32, 37, 46,
Verteuil, General, 73, 74, 88
48, 60, 76, 83, 87, 90, 93, 116,
Vesoul, 53
120, 123, 140, 146, 159, 168, 179,
Videau, Pierre, 194
182, 187, 202, 217, 227
Vignaud, Jean, 195
Wörms, battle of, 209
Villebois, 129
Württemburg, Duke of, 166
Villèle, Baron Joseph de, 205, 207
Villeneau, Jean-Baptiste, 110, 111, 113
Violleau, Abbé Christophe, 74
Y
Violleau, Saturnin, 195
Yonnet, Etienne, 212
Vix, 159
Yonnet, Marie-Claire, 215
Document Outline
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bsp; Contents
Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Chronology of Events at National Level
Notes on Money and Government
Map of the Charente-Inférieure
Preface
Introduction: A Revolution Led by Lawyers
Part I: An Unforeseen Revolution 1. The Old Order Changes
2. Elections, Grievances, and Feudal Dues
Part II: Revolution Becomes Terror 3. A Representative of the People
4. The Terror in Saintes
5. La Rochelle Becomes a Frontier Town
6. La Rochelle in Wartime
7. Lequinio’s Rochefort
8. Internment in Brouage
Part III: A Redundant Church 9. The End of the Bishop of Saintes
10. A Tribulation of Oath Takers
11. National Property and Closed Convents
12. Disappearing Priests
13. Persecution and Reinstatement
Part IV: Revolution in One Village 14. Hope and Disillusion
15. War and Education
Conclusion: An Eye to the Future
Notes
Bibliography
Index