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The Emigration of Dumouriez: The Birth of the Justification through Honor

  • Korean Review of French History
  • Abbr : KRFH
  • 2020, (42), pp.5~35
  • DOI : 10.51786/RCHF.2020.02.42.5
  • Publisher : KOREAN SOCIETY FOR FRENCH HISTORY
  • Research Area : Humanities > History
  • Received : January 20, 2020
  • Accepted : February 5, 2020
  • Published : February 28, 2020

Kim, Daebo 1

1한국교원대학교

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ABSTRACT

This article aims to understand the historical context of the emigration of Dumouriez who abandoned his homeland after he had been declared as a traitor. He was recognized as a triumphant general for the victories of Valmy and Jemmapes which allowed him the conquest of Belgium. However, since the end of 1792, he opposed the National Convention around the question of the supply of the army of the North. In addition, in the spring of 1793, his defeat at Neerwinden caused the loss of Belgium and suspicion of his loyalty to the Republic. As soon as he left France, he prepared the memoranda of justification according to which his emigration was decided because of the forfeiture of honor not only of himself, but also of France. He published them fairly quickly in relation to other emigrants, and this gave birth to the literature of justification through honor. Dumouriez’s case could therefore be very specific in this sense in the history of emigration during the French Revolution.

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