Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Etienne
Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Étienne (born November 14, 1743 in Nîmes ; † December 5, 1793 ) was a politician in the French Revolution .
He was the son of Paul Rabauts and took the additional surname Saint-Étienne from a small estate near Nîmes. Like his father, he became a pastor and distinguished himself by his zeal for his Protestant co-religionists. He worked hard to get the recognition of civil rights granted to them by Louis XVI. 1787 had been granted in the Edict of Versailles . After he had earned a reputation with his Histoire primitive de la Grèce , he was elected in 1789 as a member of the Estates General of the Third Estate of the Bailiwick of Nîmes. In the Constituent Assembly he worked on drafting a constitution and spoke out against the establishment of a republic, which he found ridiculous. He voted for the suspensive veto as it would likely strengthen the position of the crown. In the National Convention he sat among the Girondins and opposed the condemnation of Louis XVI.
As a member of the Committee of Twelve , into which he was elected on May 21, 1793, he was ostracized with this party. He hid for some time but was eventually discovered and guillotined in December 1793 .
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Précis historique de la révolution française , 1793
- German: Brief history of the French Revolution
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| SURNAME | Saint-Étienne, Jean-Paul Rabaut |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Politician in the French Revolution |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 14, 1743 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nîmes |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 5, 1793 |