French Estates-General meet

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Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.5.2.04: French Writing and Culture: Eighteenth-Century and the Enlightenment, 1700-1800.
Vol. editors: Edward Forman (University of Bristol), Jenny Mander (University of Cambridge), Síofra Pierse (University College Dublin), Tim Unwin (University of Bristol), David Williams (University of Sheffield)

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Politics

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Date of occurrence 1789-06-17

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France (Location)

The Estates General invites the clergy and the nobility to join them, an offer which was declined, and renames itself the National Assembly. On 20th June the troops of Louis bar entry to the National Assembly, causing its members to meet in a tennis court and where they swore they would not disperse until their demands were met. On 23rd June Louis concedes the abolition of serfdom, the ending of arrest by arbitrary warrants (letters de cachet) and general reform of the legal system. He accepts the formation of an elected national assembly to share power, but makes so many qualifications that his agreement is worthless.

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "French Estates-General meet". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 22 December 2007 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=4229, accessed 23 November 2024.]

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