a, on the site of an older church. In
the neighbourhood there are many monasteries. Buzeu was formerly called
Napuca or Buzograd.

BUZOT, FRANCOIS NICOLAS LEONARD (1760-1794), French revolutionist, was born
at Evreux on the 1st of March 1760. He studied law, and at the outbreak of
the Revolution was an advocate in his native town. In 1789 he was elected
deputy to the states-general, and there became known for his advanced
opinions. He demanded the nationalization of the possessions of the clergy,
and the right of all citizens to carry arms. After the dissolution of the
Constituent Assembly, Buzot returned to Evreux, where he was named
president of the criminal tribunal. In 1792 he was elected deputy to the
Convention, and took his place among the Girondists. He demanded the
formation of a national guard from the departments to defend the Convention
against the populace of Paris. His proposal was carried, but never put into
force; and the Parisians were extremely bitter against him and the
Girondists. In the trial of Louis XVI., Buzot voted for death, but with
appeal to the people and postponement of sentence. He had a decree of death
passed against the _emigres_ who did not return to France, and against
anyone who should demand the re-establishment of the monarchy. Proscribed
with the Girondists on the 2nd of June 1793, he succeeded in escaping, and
took refuge in Normandy, where he contributed to organize a federalist
insurrection against the Convention, which was speedily suppressed. Buzot
was outlawed, and fled to the neighbourhood of Bordeaux, and committed
suicide in the woods of St Emilion on the 18th of June 1794. He was an
intelligent and honest man, although he seems to have profited by the sale
of the possessions of the clergy, but he had a stubborn, unyielding
temperament, was incapable of making concessions, and was dominated by
Madame Roland, who imparted to him her hatred of Danton and the
Montagnards.

See _Memoires de Petion, Barbaroux, Buzot_, published by C.A. Daubon
(Paris, 1866). For the history of the federalist movement in Normandy, see
L. Boivin Champeaux, _Notices pour servir a, l'histoire de la Revolution
dans le departement de l'Eure_ (Evreux and Paris, 1884).

BUZZARD, a word derived from the Lat. _Buteo_, through the Fr. _Busard_,
and used in a general sense for a large group of diurnal birds-of-prey,
which contains, among many others, the species usually known as the common
buzzard (_Buteo