Un gentilhomme paisible, le « Batave » Jacobus Blaauw (1759-1829). - article ; n°1 ; vol.261, pg 335-352

Jean Alexandre, Marie-Rose Perrin-Chevrier

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Annales historiques de la Révolution française - Année 1985 - Volume 261 - Numéro 1 - Pages 335-352
Jacobus Blaauw has been a prominent Dutch diplomat, intensely tied with Dutch political circles, just after the Batavian Revolution in with he dealt, and, above all, in Paris, where he represented the Batavian Republic before its creation and during the principal years of its existence.
Suspected of having encouraged the Canoneers' Riots of Amsterdam (1793), Blaauw was asked to leave his functions by the French Directory, and then went to italy where he represented also the Batavian government, before, going back in Holland, to participate in the works and troubles of the first Dutch Assemblies. Back in Paris for confidential missions, he soon lost the confidence of his Dutch committants and, definitely, of the French Government, led by his friends Barras, Talleyrand and Bonaparte.
That didn't stop him from sustaining the power of the Consulate and Empire, to assume a fiscal function of the Ist Empire in th Netherlands, before requesting and getting a well deserved retreat in France, troubled by the dramatic end of the Empire he was an attentive witness of.
J. ALEXANDRE et M.R. PERRIN-CHEVRIER.
18 pages
Source : Persée ; Ministère de la jeunesse, de l’éducation nationale et de la recherche, Direction de l’enseignement supérieur, Sous-direction des bibliothèques et de la documentation.

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• Publié par: ANNALES_HISTORIQUES_DE_LA_REVOLUTION_FRANCAISE
• Publié le: 01 janvier 1985
• Nombre de lectures: 19
• Langue: Français
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