The Estates General of 1789 (French: États Généraux de 1789) was a general assembly representing the French estates of the realm: the clergy (First Estate)...
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Provinces) emerged. Historically Estates General (France) (before 1789) Estates-General of 1789 (France) States-General of the Batavian Republic (Dutch republic...
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and only once afterward, in 1789, but were not definitively dissolved until after the French Revolution. The Estates General were distinct from the parlements...
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National Assembly (French Revolution) (redirect from Royal Session of 23 June 1789)
constituante), although the shorter form was favored. The Estates-General had been called on 5 May 1789 to manage France's financial crisis, but promptly fell...
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French Revolution (redirect from French Revolution of 1789)
Revolution was a period of political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789, and ended with the coup of 18 Brumaire in November...
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The estates of the realm, or three estates, were the broad orders of social hierarchy used in Christendom (Christian Europe) from the Middle Ages to early...
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Cahiers de doléances (redirect from Lists of grievances)
the Estates General of 1789 to manage the revolutionary situation, to give each of the Estates – the First Estate (the clergy), the Second Estate (the...
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Pierre Louis Prieur (category Regicides of Louis XVI)
the Estates-General of 1789. During the French Revolution he served as a deputy to the National Convention and held membership in the Committee of Public...
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years of Napoleon's reign. He was present as a deputy at the Estates General of 1789, representing the nobility of Saumur. He was also the general councilor...
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Club Breton (category Groups of the French Revolution)
was a group of Bretons representatives attending the Estates General of 1789 in France. They usually met in the café Amaury at the corner of the Saint-Cloud...
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