Chrétien François de Lamoignon de Bâville
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Chrétien François de Lamoignon, marquis de Bâville, also written as Chrétien François de Lamoignon de Basville (1735 – 1789) was a French statesman and magistrate.
Lamoignon was the Keeper of the Seals of France[1] from 8 April 1787 to 14 September 1788.[2] In this position, he was responsible for issuing the Edict of Versailles in 1787, which granted civil status and freedom of worship to France's Protestants, and for the abolition of judicial torture.[citation needed] He was one of the assistants of Loménie de Brienne, whose unpopularity and fall he shared.[3]
In 1789, he was found dead in his home, possibly by suicide.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Thomas E. Kaiser and Dale K. Van Kley (2011). From Deficit to Deluge: The Origins of the French Revolution. Stanford University Press. ISBN 9780804772815.
- ^ Kropotkin, P. (2011). The Great French Revolution 1789-1793. New York: The Anarchist Library.
- ^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Lamoignon s.v. Chrétien François de Lamoignon". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 131.
- ^ Alison, Archibald (1977). History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution to the Restoration of the Bourbons in MDCCCXV. Vol. 1. New York: AMS Press. pp. 389, footnote. ISBN 0-404-00391-5.
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