- The
Council of Ancients or
Council of Elders (French:
Conseil des Anciens) was the
upper house of the
French legislature under the
Constitution of the...
- the
Council of Five
Hundred proposed the list out
of which the
Ancients chose five Directors, who
jointly held
executive power. The
Council of Five Hundred...
- the end
of October a
legislature consisting of the
Council of 500 was created,
responsible for
drafting legislation, and
Council of Ancients, an upper...
- IV) to
elect one-third
of the
members of the
Council of Five
Hundred and the
Council of Ancients, the
lower and
upper houses of the legislature. The elections...
- 1798 to
elect one-third
of the
members of the
Council of Five
Hundred and the
Council of Ancients, the
lower and
upper houses of the legislature, as well...
- a form
of government in
feudal ****an
Council of Ancients, the
upper house of the
French Directory, a.k.a.
Council of Elders Teip
Council of Elders, a...
- and
approved by the
Council of Ancients, an
upper house containing 250 men over the age
of 40.
Executive power was in the
hands of five Directors, selected...
-
lawyer and politician. He was a
deputy in 1789, a
member of the
Council of Ancients, a
member of the
Senate and a Minister.
Claude Ambroise Régnier was...
-
model of the
Roman Senate. France's
first experience with an
upper house was
under the
Directory from 1795 to 1799, when the
Council of Ancients was the...
-
Convention by the
Council of Five
Hundred and the
Council of Ancients, as the
bicameral legislative power. Dantonists: right-wing
of The Mountain. They...
