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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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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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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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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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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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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Tennis Court Oath (redirect from Oath of the Tennis Court)
reign of Louis XIII. It was the last of the Estates General of the Kingdom of France. Summoned by King Louis XVI, the Estates General of 1789 ended when...
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François Emmanuel Toulongeon (category Members of the National Constituent Assembly (France))
Estates General of 1789 and author of a Histoire de la Révolution de 1789. Born at the château de Champlitte, François Emmanuel was the third son of count...
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