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Vendemiaire

noun
1.
First month of the Revolutionary calendar (September and October); the month of the grape harvest.





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... the Constitution of the Year III., decided that two-thirds of the existing assembly should keep their places, and that only one-third should be popularly elected. This led to the revolt of the Thirteenth Vendemiaire, and afterwards to the coup d'etat of the Eighteenth Fructidor. In that sense, no doubt, Robespierre's proposal was the indirect root of much mischief. But it is childish to believe that if a hundred of the most prominent members of the Constituent ...
— Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 1 of 3) - Essay 1: Robespierre • John Morley


Words linked to "Vendemiaire" :   Revolutionary calendar, Revolutionary calendar month


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