History of the French Revolution from 1789 to 1814G. Bell, 1888 - 424 pages |
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... Saint - Just - Robes- pierre's power - Festival of the Supreme Being - Couthon presents the law of the 22nd Prairial , which reorganizes the revolutionary tribunal ; disturbances ; debates ; final obedience of the convention - The ...
... Saint - Just - Robes- pierre's power - Festival of the Supreme Being - Couthon presents the law of the 22nd Prairial , which reorganizes the revolutionary tribunal ; disturbances ; debates ; final obedience of the convention - The ...
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... Saint Domingo , who , six months after , was himself succeeded by Necker . Necker was a foreigner , a protestant , a banker , and greater as an administrator than as a statesman ; he accordingly con- ceived a plan for reforming France ...
... Saint Domingo , who , six months after , was himself succeeded by Necker . Necker was a foreigner , a protestant , a banker , and greater as an administrator than as a statesman ; he accordingly con- ceived a plan for reforming France ...
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... Saint Louis , to hear the opening mass . Men did not without enthusiasm see the return of a national ceremony of which France had for so long a period been deprived . It had all the appearance of a festival . An enormous multitude ...
... Saint Louis , to hear the opening mass . Men did not without enthusiasm see the return of a national ceremony of which France had for so long a period been deprived . It had all the appearance of a festival . An enormous multitude ...
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... Saint Louis . In this sitting , the majority of the clergy joined them in the midst of patriotic transports . Thus , the measures taken to intimidate the assembly , increased its courage , and accelerated the union they were intended to ...
... Saint Louis . In this sitting , the majority of the clergy joined them in the midst of patriotic transports . Thus , the measures taken to intimidate the assembly , increased its courage , and accelerated the union they were intended to ...
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... Saint Louis , again sat with it ; a few days after , forty - seven members of the nobility , among whom was the duke of Orleans , joined them ; and the court was itself compelled to invite the nobility , and a minority of the clergy ...
... Saint Louis , again sat with it ; a few days after , forty - seven members of the nobility , among whom was the duke of Orleans , joined them ; and the court was itself compelled to invite the nobility , and a minority of the clergy ...
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10th of August 18th Fructidor 9th Thermidor accused agitation ancient arms army assembly attack Austria authority Barrère became Bonaparte Champ de Mars citizens clergy club coalition command committee of public commune conspirators constitution consul convention council council of ancients courage court Danton Decemvirs declared decree defeat defend deputies Dumouriez electors emigrants empire enemies established Europe excited faction Faubourgs favour fear force formed France French Fructidor Gironde Girondists Henriot hundred insurgents insurrection Jacobin club Jacobins king Lafayette leaders legislative liberty Louis XVI Marat measures Memoir ment military minister moderate monarchy Mountain multitude Napoleon national guard Necker nobility opinion opposed Paris party patriots peace Pichegru popular Portrait Prairial prince Prussia public safety régime republic republican restored revolution revolutionary revolutionary tribunal Rhine Robespierre royalists Saint Siéyes soon sought states-general Thermidor third estate thousand tion took Trans tribune troops Tuileries Vendémiaire victory vols wished