History 1401E Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Assignat, Veto, Excommunication
19 Mar 2018
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Meaning to the madness death of manorial system. Burying gold (therefore assignats and increasing hunger in cities). Remarkable developments in august all pre-revolution demands of the reformers were conceded. 4 august, tithes, serfdom, manorial dues, feudal privileges, unequal taxes, and the sale of office abolished. 26 august, declaration of the rights of man and. When peasants get scared, they hide their money and withhold their food from the city. Want efficient constitutional government under good king louis. March on versailles to bring louis back to paris. Led by hungry women, bringing their husbands in the national guard with them. Eventually storm the palace and escort the king back to the city. Attacks on the church and the aristocracy, nov 1789-june 1791. Determination to establish as facts what could be lost in theory. Only 5 bishops and about half the clergy take the required oath. Pope excommunicates those who had taken the oath.
