Editing Antoine Barnave (section)

==Early life==
Antoine Barnave was born on 21 September 1761 in [[Grenoble]] ([[Dauphiné]]),<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Notice de Personne: Barnave, Antoine (1761-1793) |url=https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12028056d |access-date=15 February 2025 |website=Bibliothèque nationale de France: Catalog générale |language=fr}}</ref> in a Protestant family. His father was an advocate at the ''[[Parlement]]'' of Grenoble, and his mother, Marie-Louise de Pré de Seigle de Presle, was a highly educated [[aristocracy|aristocrat]]. Because they were Protestants, Antoine could not attend local schools, as those were run by the Catholic church, and his mother educated him herself. Barnave was prepared for a career in law, and at the age of twenty-two made himself known by a speech pronounced before the local ''Parlement'', the ''Parlement du Dauphiné'', also known as ''Parlement de Grenoble'', on the [[Separation of powers|separation of political powers]].<ref name="EB1911">{{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Barnave, Antoine Pierre Joseph Marie|volume=3|pages=411–412}}</ref>

Dauphiné was one of the first of the [[provinces of France]] to be touched by revolutionary ideals. After being heavily influenced by the [[Day of the Tiles]] ({{langx|fr|link=no|Journée des Tuiles}}) in [[Grenoble]], Barnave became actively revolutionary. He explained his political position in a [[pamphlet]] entitled ''Esprit des édits, Enregistrés militairement, le 20 mai 1788''.<ref>''ESPRIT DES ÉDITS, Enregistrés militairement, le 10 mai 1788'' [https://archive.org/stream/espritdeseditsen00barn_2#page/n0/mode/2up], 19 pages, French</ref> He was immediately elected deputy, with his father, to the [[Estates General (France)|Estates General of Dauphiné]], and played a prominent role in their debates.<ref name="EB1911"/>