Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès (1753-1824) comes from a family of magistrates in Montpellier. Thursday, March 11, 2021 at the Faculty of Law, it was time for the official opening of the manuscripts of his Memoirs. Memories acquired in November 2020 by the Métropole de Montpellier, at the Drouot hotel, for the sum of 46,800 euros.
Cambacérès, illustrious man whose history is linked to Montpellier seemed almost present in this Hall of Proceedings of the Faculty of Law, a few days before spring. Beautiful people around his handwritten sheets written in exile in Brussels.
Michaël Delafosse, Mayor of the City of Montpellier, Guylain Clamour, Dean of the Faculty of Law and Political Science, as well as Philippe Augé, President of the University of Montpellier opened and presented the manuscripts of the memoirs of Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès.
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Jean-Jacques-Régis! Impressive choice of life. However, he ended up in Belgium, banished by Louis XVIII, when he had started his political career under the Revolution, that he had been able to vote for the death of King Louis XVI (387 votes for, 334 votes against CF. Albert Soboul) and that he knew how to be the fine successor of Robespierre at the head of the Committee of Public Safety. He will then become Bonaparte’s strongman, after the coup d’état of 18 Brumaire which will mark the end of the French Revolution. And much more, according to the doctor of history Laurence Chatel de Brancion: “Cambaceres is the master builder of the great achievements of the Emperor. “
“Mr. Mayor, it is truly an honor for us that this ceremony is taking place here. It has a deep meaning, it touches the History, the History of our city, History in general. History is the fervent of the company. History is, you know better than anyone, the foundation of courage in politics, ” notes with assurance Guylain Clamour, Dean of the Faculty. “This moment is important, since it replaces all the interest you have for higher education in this city,” emphasizes Philippe Augé, addressing Michaël Delafosse, and thanking him for “The public acquisition of these writings, these memories. “
“Promote: science, research, training, critical thinking”
As for Michaël Delafosse: “Cambaceres was undeniably a modern person for his time […] And I have no doubt that this public heritage will be the subject of a great deal of work. […] I want to tell you that you have in me, and with the municipal team, unwavering allies to promote: science, research, training, critical thinking. “ Then the mayor affirms it: “Montpellier is a city of progress, Montpellier has a great humanist tradition founded on reason, founded on the confrontation of the mind, on the confrontation of knowledge. “
“Our democracy needs you”
“Our democracy needs you,” this is how Michaël Delafosse will conclude his speech on March 11. Not without clearly noting its desire to support universities for the decades to come: “This is the meaning of the Med Vallée project, it is the meaning of our policy of scientific culture, it is the meaning of our heritage policy. You have support with us. ” The mayor-president was very determined and precise in his demonstration: “We need critical thinking, we need science, we need academia, we need our faculties, we need critical thinking students. Not to say that is to give in to renouncements. Our democracy needs you, thank you. ” Applause.
[VIDEO] Interview with Michaël Delafosse: what about the political ambition of Cambacérès who began his career with the French Revolution to end it in the service of an emperor?
Jean-Jacques-Régis of Cambacérès, from Montpellier to Paris, from the Revolution to the Empire, a cynicism of history that may crystallize it in the memories of tomorrow, like a neighborhood stuck between the A709 and the A9, in the middle of the particles.
Then, digital magic and happiness: the manuscripts of Jean-Jacques-Régis de Cambacérès will be digitized and stored at the Médiathèque Centrale Émile Zola. They can be viewed freely by connecting to: https://mediatheques.montpellier3m.fr/
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