Everything about The Jourdan Law totally explained
The
Jourdan Law of
1798 effectively institutionalised
conscription in
Revolutionary France, which began with the
levee en masse.
It stipulated that all single and childless men between the ages of 20 and 25 were liable for
military service.
Exemptions existed however for the
clergy, industrial workers essential for the war-effort, students from selected
Grandes écoles, and public office holders.
The law discriminated against the poor and large
peasant population through the legally sanctioned practice of 'replacement', which allowed anyone who was able, to purchase someone to enlist in their place.
It was named for the
French General Jean-Baptiste Jourdan.
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