Chrétien Guillaume de Lamoignon de Malesherbes
Chrétien Guillaume de Lamoignon de Malesherbes , 1721-94, French minister of state. After serving as counselor to the Parlement of Paris, he succeeded (1750) his father as president of the Court of Aids at Paris. His father, then chancellor of France, made him director of the press, the chief censor. His liberal policy permitted the publication of the Encyclopédie . Fearing royal absolutism, he opposed the dissolution of the parlement in 1771 and was exiled to his country estate. On the accession of Louis XVI (1774), Malesherbes was appointed secretary of state for the royal household. His responsibilities included ecclesiastical affairs, the administration of Paris and some provinces, and appointments at court. He attempted to improve prison conditions and limit the use of lettres de cachet . Malesherbes resigned (1776) after the failure of the reform program of his friend A. R. J. Turgot . For the next 13 years he campaigned for the civil rights of French Protestants and Jews. Recalled in 1787, he was made minister without portfolio but resigned the next year and retired from political life. In 1792, at his own request, he was appointed a defender of Louis XVI in the king's trial. Malesherbes was soon afterward arrested and guillotined as a royalist along with his daughter and grandchildren.
Bibliography: See biography by J. M. S. Allison (1938); study by E. P. Shaw (1966).
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Navarino's conflict of cultures
Magazine article from: The Spectator; 11/15/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...anniversary of the Battle of Navarino. On 20 October, 170 years...and propaganda had all made Navarino an 'accident' that was waiting...followed was the last great battle fought by sailing ships...though the Navy has won so many battles of this scale over the last...three nations who fought ...
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SPAFFORD LATEST IN LONG LINE OF PARADES; CAMILLUS IS THE BIGGEST, NAVARINO THE SMALLEST IN WESTERN SUBURBS.(Neighbors West)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 5/27/2004; 700+ words
; ...biggest parade in the county, Navarino the smallest. Jordan boasts...ceremony. The fire dates back to battles during the Roman Empire when huge fires were lighted following battles so scattered soldiers could...Memorial Day parade, will rival Navarino for the smallest parade in...
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Sandy Pylos: An Archaeological History from Nestor and Navarino.(Review)
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 6/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...occupation of the 'Palace of Nestor', Spyridon Marinates' investigations around ancient Coryphasion and the battle of Navarino itself. Some readers may find this all a little puzzling. On the one hand, PRAP's aims and methods are scientific...
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Freedom's Battle BOOKS
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 9/1/2008; ; 700+ words
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Killing with kindness.(Freedom's Battle: The Origins of Humanitarian Intervention)(Book review)
Magazine article from: The American Conservative; 3/9/2009; ; 700+ words
; [Freedom's Battle: The Origins of Humanitarian...has written Freedom's Battle to defend the idealism of...of the Ottoman fleet in Navarino Bay in 1827. A more acute...a casualty of fever not battle. The later sections of...
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BIG GUNS IN ARMORY SQUARE CAN AFFORD BATTLE.(Local)(Column)
Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY); 4/23/2005; 700+ words
; ...problem by creating another. No wonder some people call Syracuse the "Someday City." Irv's golden touch Irv Casler, of Navarino, has an interesting hobby: He pans for gold with a metal detector all over Upstate New York. It's a pastime of the past...
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Thucydides' sources and the Spartan plan at Pylos.
Magazine article from: Hesperia; 10/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...plan to block the entrances to Navarino Bay. The actual topography...by Gomme in his study of the battle of Marathon. Gomme maintained...then fought a sea battle in Navarino Bay, and the Spartans were...Athenians in a naumachia within Navarino Bay rather than a plan to block...
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Daily Newsletter AWN.
Newspaper article from: Military News Agency; 10/15/2004; 700+ words
; ...the Russian ship will participate in the official ceremony, devoted to the anniversary of the Navarino Battle. In the naval battle outside Navarino (Pilos) the allied squadron defeated the Turkish-Egyptian fleet in the course of the Greek...
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The Senior Service to the rescue
Magazine article from: The Spectator; 12/16/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...This led to another successful battle at Acre, in defence of Turkey...into one decisive, accidental battle at Navarino Bay which liberated Greece, the...captured Turks and to each other. Navarino was a brilliant fleet action by...
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Heroes at their best and worst
Magazine article from: The Spectator; 5/19/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...but for the six years that ended with Navarino there were long periods when the only...horror by horror takes the story through to Navarino and the assassination of Kapodhistrias...young Humphreys who ended up praying for battle in the desperate hope that at least some...
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battle of Navarino
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
battle of Navarino , 1827, naval battle resulting from the intervention of the European powers in the...with troop transports, commanded by Ibrahim Pasha, landed at Navarino (now Pylos). The allied fleet commander, Admiral Sir Edward...
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Navarino, Battle of
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
NAVARINO, BATTLE OF The Battle of Navarino on October 20, 1827, resulted from a joint Anglo-French...naval force. Codrington ordered his squadron to proceed to Navarino Bay on the southwestern coast of the Peloponnese, where an...
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Navarino, battle of
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
Navarino, battle of, 1827. An accidental encounter fought...ships, heavier than their adversaries. Navarino Bay is a commodious anchorage in the...under Sir Edward Codrington put into Navarino to escort the Egyptian ships to Alexandria...
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Navarino, battle of, 1827
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
Navarino, battle of, 1827. An accidental encounter fought...heavier than most of their adversaries. Navarino Bay is a commodious anchorage in the...under Sir Edward Codrington put into Navarino with the formal intention of escorting...
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Pylos
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...modern town of Pílos, formerly known as Navarino, grew up on the south shore of the bay. The Bay of...Athenian naval victory over Sparta in 425 BC and of the battle of Navarino (1827) during the Greek War of Independence.
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