Jean-Étienne-Marie Portalis (April 1, 1746 - August 25, 1807), was a French jurist and politician in time of the French Revolution and the First Empire. Events 527 - Byzantine Emperor Justin I names his nephew Justinian I as co-ruler and successor to the throne Year 1746 ( MDCCXLVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Events 1248 - The Dutch city of Ommen receives city rights and fortification rights from Otto III the Year 1807 ( MDCCCVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. JURIST is an online legal news service hosted by the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, written by founder Professor Bernard Hibbitts and a staff of more than The French Revolution (1789–1799 was a period of political and social upheaval in the History of France, during which the French governmental structure previously an The Empire of the French (1804-1814 also known as the Empire of France, Greater French Empire, First French Empire, French Empire, or His son, Joseph Marie Portalis was a diplomat and statesman. Joseph-Marie comte Portalis (1778&ndash1858 was a French Diplomat and Statesman.
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Life
Early career
He was born at Le Beausset in Provence (nowadays in the département of Var), to a bourgeois family, and was educated by the Oratorians at their schools in Toulon and Marseille, and then went to the University of Aix. Le Beausset is a town and commune in the Var département of southeastern France. Provence ( Provençal Occitan: Provença in classical norm or Prouvènço in Mistralian norm is a region of southeastern France In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division The Var is a French department in Provence in southeast France The Oratory of Saint Philip Neri is a congregation of Catholic Priests and Lay-brothers who live together in a community bound together by no formal Toulon ( Provençal Occitan: Tolon in classical norm or Touloun in Mistralian norm is a city in southern France and a large Marseille, ( English alt Marseilles mɑrˈseɪ — French: maʁsɛj locally — Provençal Occitan: Marselha maʀˈsijɔ The University of Provence Aix-Marseille I is a university located in both Aix-en-Provence and Marseille. As a student, he published his first two works, Observations sur Émile (on Jean-Jacques Rousseau's Emile: Or, On Education) in 1763 and Des Préjugés in 1764. Emile or On Education (1762 which Jean-Jacques Rousseau believed to be the “best and most important of all my writings” is largely a philosophical treatise
In 1765 he became a lawyer at the parlement of Aix-en-Provence, and soon obtained so great a reputation that he was instructed by Étienne François de Choiseul in 1770 to draw up the decree authorizing the marriage of Protestants. Year 1765 ( MDCCLXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law as an attorney, Counsel or Solicitor; a person This article is for the Ancien Régime institution For the post-Revolutionary and present-day institution see French Parliament. Aix (ɛks or Aix-en-Provence ( Provençal Occitan: Ais de Provença in classical norm or Ais de Prouvènço in Mistralian norm to distinguish Étienne-François duc de Choiseul ( June 28, 1719 &mdash May 8, 1785) was a French military officer diplomat and statesman Protestantism refers to the forms of Christian faith and practice that originated in the 16th century Protestant Reformation. From 1778 to 1781, Portalis was one of the four assessors or administrators of Provence. Year 1778 ( MDCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Year 1781 ( MDCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
Revolution
In November 1793, after the First French Republic had been proclaimed, he came to Paris and was thrown into prison for being the brother-in-law of Joseph Jérôme Siméon, the leader of the Federalists in Provence. The First Republic in France, officially the French Republic (République française was proclaimed on 21 September 1792 during the French Revolution. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Joseph Jérôme, Comte Siméon ( September 30, 1749 - January 19, 1842) was a French Jurist and politician The Girondists (in French Girondins, and sometimes Brissotins or "Baguettes" were a political faction in France within the Legislative He was soon released to a maison de santé, where he remained until the fall of Maximilien Robespierre during the Thermidorian Reaction. A psychiatric hospital (previously called insane asylum, mental hospital; or derogatorily looney bin, nut house or Funny Farm) is Maximilien François Marie Isidore de Robespierre (maksimiljɛ̃ fʁɑ̃swa maʁi izidɔʁ də ʁɔbɛspjɛʁ ( 6 May 1758 – 28 July 1794) The Thermidorian Reaction was a revolt in the French Revolution against the excesses of the Reign of Terror.
On being released he practised as a lawyer in Paris, and, in 1795, he was elected by the capital to the Council of Ancients of the French Directory, becoming a leader of the moderate party opposed to the directory rule. The Council of Ancients or Council of Elders ( Conseil des Anciens) was the Upper house of the Directory (French Directoire) the The Executive Directory ( Directoire exécutif) was a body of 5 single-male Directors that held executive power in France following As a leader of the moderates, he was targeted by the coup d'état of 18 Fructidor, but, unlike General Charles Pichegru and François Barbé-Marbois, he managed to escape to Switzerland, then to Holstein, and did not return until after Napoleon Bonaparte established himself as the leader of the new Consulate. Jean-Charles Pichegru ( February 16, 1761 &mdash April 5, 1804) was a French General and political figure of the French François Barbé-Marbois, marquis de Barbé-Marbois ( January 31 1745 — February 12 1837) was a French politician Switzerland (English pronunciation; Schweiz Swiss German: Schwyz or Schwiiz Suisse Svizzera Svizra officially the Swiss Confederation Holstein (ˈhɔlʃtain ( Low German: Holsteen, Danish: Holsten, Latin and historical English: Holsatia) Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821 was a French military and political leader who had a significant impact on the History of Europe. The Consulate was the government of France between the fall of the Directory in the coup of 18 Brumaire in 1799 until the start of the
Under Napoleon
Bonaparte made him a conseiller d'état in 1800, and then charged him, with François Denis Tronchet, Félix-Julien-Jean Bigot de Preameneu, and Jacques de Maleville, to draw up the Code Civil. This article is about the present-day French institution For institutions with the same name during the Ancien Régime in France see Conseil du Roi. Year -of the Julian calendar. The Gregorian calendar was 11 days ahead of the Julian calendar until Friday, but 12 days ahead since Saturday. François Denis Tronchet ( March 23, 1726 - March 10, 1806) was a French Jurist. The Napoleonic Code, or Code Napoléon (originally called the Code civil des Français) is the French Civil code, established under Of this commission he was the most notable member, and many of the most important titles, notably those on marriage and heirship, are his work.
In 1801 he was placed in charge of the Department of Religion or Public Worship, and in that capacity had the chief share in drawing up the provisions of the Concordat of 1801. The Concordat of 1801 is a reflection of an agreement between Napoleon Bonaparte and Pope Pius VII that reaffirmed the Roman Catholic Church as the majority In 1803 he became a member of the Académie française, in 1804 Minister of Public Worship, and in 1805 a Chevalier Grand-Croix de la Légion d'honneur. 1803 ( MDCCCIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a L'Académie française, or the French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. Year 1804 ( MDCCCIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a The Minister of Worship (or "Minister of Public Worship" or "Minister of Ecclestiastical Affairs" is a cabinet member in the Government of France He soon after became totally blind, and, after an operation, he died at Paris.
References
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain. The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1910–1911 is a 29-volume reference work that marked the beginning of the Encyclopædia Britannica The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone In turn, it cites as references:
- Oeuvres by F. Portalis (1823)
- Frederick Portalis, Documents, rapports, et travaux inédits sur le Code Civil (1844); Sur le Concordat (1845)
- René Lavole, Portalis, sa vie et ses œvres (Paris, 1869)
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