Louis XVI and the French Revolution, 1789-1792
"The experience, and failure, of Louis XVI's short-lived constitutional monarchy of 1789-1792 deeply influenced the politics and course of the French Revolution. The dramatic breakdown of the political settlement of 1789 steered the French state into the decidedly stormy waters of politica...
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Introduction: Louis XVI, a constitutional monarch?; Part I. Inventing a Constitutional Monarchy: 1. The Maison du Roi at the twilight of the Ancien R�egime; 2. The Liste Civile, the new monarchy, Siey�es and the constitution; 3. The court of the Tuileries 1789-1792; Part II. Reform and Survival of the Ancien R�egime: 4. The royal guard during the French Revolution; 5. Court presentations and the French Revolution; 6. The age of chivalry is gone?; 7. Louis XVI's chapel during the French Revolution; Conclusion; Bibliography.