 | 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... 9 KB (1,000 words) - 20:08, 26 February 2024 |
 | 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... 9 KB (817 words) - 10:12, 29 January 2024 |
a form of government in feudal Japan Council of Ancients, the upper house of the French Directory, a.k.a. Council of Elders Teip Council of Elders, a... 1 KB (173 words) - 22:45, 19 September 2023 |
 | Jean-Antoine Marbot (category Members of the Council of Ancients) ignited by émigrés in the county of Avignon, in the south of France. Re-elected president of the Council of Ancients on 19 June 1798, he delivered a commemorative... 19 KB (1,523 words) - 19:01, 23 December 2023 |
 | French Directory (redirect from Directory of France) the end of October a legislature consisting of the Council of 500 was created, responsible for drafting legislation, and Council of Ancients, an upper... 162 KB (22,151 words) - 02:10, 22 April 2024 |
1798 French legislative election (category 1798 events of the French Revolution) 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... 6 KB (739 words) - 22:07, 23 January 2024 |
 | Council of Ancients, and a lower house, or Council of 500. This was intended to slow down the legislative process, in reaction to the wild swings of policy... 4 KB (313 words) - 04:37, 16 November 2023 |
| resign, then, second, to get the Council of Ancients and the Council of Five Hundred (the upper and lower houses of the legislature, respectively) to... 13 KB (1,467 words) - 02:11, 22 April 2024 |
 | French Revolution (redirect from French Revolution of 1789) 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... 147 KB (18,721 words) - 04:17, 23 April 2024 |
1795 French legislative election (category 1795 events of the French Revolution) 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... 6 KB (628 words) - 14:11, 8 March 2024 |