Central Revolutionary Committee

The Central Revolutionary Committee (French: comité central revolutionaire ), better known under its French name Comité de l'Évêché (German diocesan committee ), was an assembly of left-wing revolutionaries who were instrumental in initiating the uprisings of the Sanskulottes on May 31 and June 2, 1793 .

When the betrayal of the Gironde- inclined General Charles Francois Dumouriez became known in Paris (April 1, 1793), this demanded a reaction from the Mountain Party . Jacques Roux proposed the creation of a general assembly of the Paris Monitoring Committees , while Jean-François Varlet proposed the creation of a Central Revolutionary Committee . Roux received support from Public Prosecutor Pierre-Gaspard Chaumette and the Paris Commune. Nonetheless, delegates from 33 Paris sections elected nine representatives to the committee on May 29, including Varlet and Dobsen . As of May 31, the committee was expanded to 24 members, with four representatives from the municipality and 11 from the department being elected. The venue was the archbishop's palace, which explains the committee's name.

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In his novel Ninety-Three , Victor Hugo created a literary monument to the Évêché , but exaggerated the importance of the institution.