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Polling the Opinions

A Reexamination of Mountain, Plain, and Gironde in the National Convention

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 January 2016

Benjamin Reilly
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There has long been agreement among scholars that the French National Convention can be usefully divided into three political categories, the Mountain, the Plain, and the Gironde, yet there has been much less agreement about the size and composition of these categories. In order to test existing categories of classification, especially those of Patrick (1969, 1972) and Lewis-Beck et al. (1988), this article examines a neglected body of data, the anti-inviolability opinions produced during King Louis XVI's trial, and uses them as an opinion poll with which to examine the political identity of a cross-section of deputies in the National Convention in the winter of 1792-93.

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Social Science History , Volume 28 , Issue 1 , Spring 2004, pp. 53 - 73
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Copyright © Social Science History Association 2004 

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