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Where does this text come from? It does not seem to be on the indicated website http://1911encyclopedia.org
- Try #11 and then #179 here [1]. It is from the 1911 Britannica. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.173.30.157 (talk • contribs) 13 September 2006.
The directoire does not preceed the empire; it preceeds the consulate.
[edit] Recent move
I have now (basically) fixed a cut-and-paste move and restored the history of this article. As usual, there are a few glitches: a few "redirect" states show up as part of the history of the article.
But, on top of that, I think the move was ill-advised. This is particularly so because French Directory was part of an article series about the French Revolutionary era, and was not just about the institution itself but about a period in French history that is usually referred to (after that institution) as the Directory or (in French) Directoire.
I would like to put the French Directory material back at French Directory. We can have a separate page Italian Directories, and can add disambiguations as needed.
If we decide to leave things as they now are, there are a bunch of double-redirects that will need to be fixed. But, please, no one start on that until we actually have consensus. I will certainly not do anything precipitous in the next 48 hours, and hope that others will not, either. -- Jmabel | Talk 03:06, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
I think the directoire is interesting more as an era (thus specific to France) than as a political system (whether or not there were other directories). Thus I think it should stay at French Directory. David.Monniaux 08:20, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
Since no one is speaking up to the contrary, I will do this. -- Jmabel | Talk 20:32, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Date Discrepancy
"The Thermidorian Convention continued until October 26, 1795 (4 Brumaire Year IV), when the National Convention was succeeded by the French Directory." - (Under subtitle: End of Reaction) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermidorian_Reaction "Executive Directory (in French Directoire exécutif), commonly known as the Directory (or Directoire) held executive power in France from November 2, 1795 until November 10, 1799" - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Directory
As one can see there are two different dates for the beginning of the Directory. Which one is the correct date? {{subst:unsigned|70.25.116.145|7 April 2006]]
- I'm not certain, but I believe there was a gap. There had been an even larger (and very chaotic) gap between the Legislative Assembly and the Convention. - Jmabel | Talk 01:17, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
A pretty reasonable gap, I'd say. The Convention voted the new constitution in on 4 Brumaire, and then disbanded. A list of the 376 deputies re-elected earlier in the month was constructed on 6 Brumaire. That leaves the Directory opening for business on 11 Brumaire (2nd Nov) I don't know what importance the traditional days of the week had under the new calendar, but 10 Brumaire was a Sunday, so that left basically five or six days to get almost 500 men organised in a different building, with a different organisation, &c. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.173.30.157 (talk • contribs) 13 September 2006.
