| Description |
1 online resource (x, 239 pages) |
| Series |
Royal Historical Society studies in history. New series, 0269-2244 |
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Royal Historical Society studies in history. New series. 0269-2244
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| Contents |
The people of Paris and their historians -- Aristocrats, priests and brigands: January-February 1791 -- Guards, spies, and commissaires: policing the capital -- Plots, pamphlets and crowds: February-April 1791 -- The Saint-cloud affair and the wages movement -- Before and after Varennes: the rise in popular hostility -- The Constitution in the balance: events after the king's return -- 17 July 1791: massacre and consternation -- After the bloody field: commentaries, narratives and dissent |
| Summary |
On 17 July 1791 the revolutionary National Guard of Paris opened fire on a crowd of protesters: citizens believing themselves patriots trying to save France from the reinstatement of a traitor king. To the National Guard and their political superiors the protesters were the dregs of the people, brigands paid by counter-revolutionary aristocrats. Politicians and journalists declared the National Guard the patriots, and their action a heroic defence of the fledgling Constitution |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-234) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793 -- Flight to Varennes, 1791.
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Bailly, Jean Sylvain, 1736-1793 -- Death and burial
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Bailly, Jean Sylvain, 1736-1793 fast |
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Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793 fast |
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Ludwig XVI. Frankreich, König 1754-1793 gnd |
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Bailly, Jean Sylvain 1736-1793 gnd |
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Ludwig (Frankreich, König, XVI.) swd |
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Bailly, Jean Sylvain. swd |
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HISTORY.
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HISTORY -- Modern -- General.
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Death and burial of a person
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Atrocities
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Festnahme
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Paris -- Marsfeld -- Massaker
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Tod
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Politieke situatie.
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Oproeren.
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Massamoorden.
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| SUBJECT |
France -- History -- 1789-1793 -- Atrocities
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| Subject |
France
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Varennes-en-Argonne
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Paris -- Marsfeld -- Massaker.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0585443610 |
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9780585443614 |
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9781846150074 |
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1846150078 |
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9780861932474 |
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0861932471 |
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