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The ''Bulletin des lois'' (''Bulletin of the laws'') was a publication created during the
French Revolution The French Revolution ( ) was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in November 1799. Many of its ideas are considere ...
, as an "official anthology of the laws, orders and regulations that govern" the people. It was created by the decree of 14 Frimaire of year II of the French Republican calendar (December 4, 1793). In the horrible and bloody disorder of
Reign of Terror The Reign of Terror (french: link=no, la Terreur) was a period of the French Revolution when, following the creation of the First Republic, a series of massacres and numerous public executions took place in response to revolutionary fervour, ...
, the
National Convention The National Convention (french: link=no, Convention nationale) was the parliament of the Kingdom of France for one day and the French First Republic for the rest of its existence during the French Revolution, following the two-year National ...
and the
Committee of Public Safety The Committee of Public Safety (french: link=no, Comité de salut public) was a committee of the National Convention which formed the provisional government and war cabinet during the Reign of Terror, a violent phase of the French Revolution. S ...
, concerned with channeling and coordinating their actions, felt it necessary to create an organ by which to get news of votes in Paris to various scattered parts of the administration, notably those in the provinces. It was for this purpose that the ''Bulletin'' was created. A commission was specially created to supervise the sending-out of this publication to all the towns. The first issue of the ''Bulletin des lois'' appeared on 22 prairial of year II (June 10, 1794). Publication continued until 1931.Décret du 31 mars 1931 portant cessation de publication du ''Bulletin des lois'', JO du 1er avril 1931, p. 3690.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bulletin Des Lois Newspapers of the French Revolution