National Convention

:This article is about a legislative body and constitutional convention during the French Revolution. The term national convention also refers, in the United States, to the presidential nominating conventions.

Legacy

The article on the Convention in the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica concludes, "The Convention achieved immense changes in all branches of French public affairs. To appreciate its work without prejudice, one should recall that this assembly saved France from a civil war and invasion, that it founded the system of public education (Museum, École Polytechnique, École Normale Supérieure, École des Langues orientales, Conservatoire), created institutions of capital importance, like that of the Grand Livre de la Dette publique, and definitely established the social and political gains of the Revolution."

Related Topics:
1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica - Civil war - École Polytechnique - École Normale Supérieure - École des Langues orientales - Conservatoire

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