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Traumatic politics : the deputies and the king in the early French Revolution
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Traumatic politics : the deputies and the king in the early French Revolution

Author: Barry M Shapiro
Publisher: University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, ©2009.
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"Examines the ramifications of the fear of imminent death that many National Assembly deputies felt as they anticipated an attack from the soldiers of Louis XVI in the days preceding the fall of the Bastille, at the beginning of the French Revolution"--Provided by publisher.
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Named Person: Louis, King of France; König XVI ) Ludwig (Frankreich; Louis, (roi de France ;
Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Barry M Shapiro
ISBN: 9780271035420 0271035420
OCLC Number: 301948405
Description: x, 204 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Prologue to part I --
Arrival in Versailles --
The king and his evil advisers --
Defiance at the Jeu de Paume --
The royal session of 23 June --
The réunion of 27 June --
The July crisis --
The immediate aftermath of the July crisis --
Prologue to part II --
An incident at the Abbaye --
The passage of the suspensive veto --
Mirabeau and the exclusion of deputies from the ministry --
Royal military power and the lingering effects of trauma --
Conclusion.
Responsibility: Barry M. Shapiro.

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"Examines the ramifications of the fear of imminent death that many National Assembly deputies felt as they anticipated an attack from the soldiers of Louis XVI in the days preceding the fall of the Bastille, at the beginning of the French Revolution"--Provided by publisher.

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