▦ World History Database
Archive visits —
Permanent historical factsheet archive

Two-thirds rule shapes inaugural seats Council of Five Hundred

France · Revolution / Revolution of France. Chronological records from PostgreSQL.

Two-thirds rule shapes inaugural seats Council of Five Hundred — page 1 of 1

25 records per page
1records in this factsheet
1pages
1795–1795years on this page

1795

Two-thirds rule shapes inaugural seats Council of Five Hundred

d'Anglas, Francois Antoine Boissy · Paris · Legislator

The Convention's rule reserving two thirds of seats for former deputies influenced the makeup of the Five Hundred. Critics regarded this continuity provision as a restriction on the electorate's freedom.

Provenance and editorial notes

This factsheet contains records exported from PostgreSQL public.historical_events. Duplicate display records have been collapsed. Stored wording is otherwise presented without historical claims added by the generator. For academic citation, verify records against appropriate primary or specialist sources.