On 20th June Louis XVI attempted to escape to the eastern
frontier, leaving behind a justification of his position which made
it clear he wished to revert to the privileges of the ancien
regime. Louis was quickly caught and returned to Paris where,
on July 16th, a public demonstration on the Champ de Mars
began signing a petition for the king's abdication and the
formation of a Republic. The Mayor of Paris and Marquis de
LaFayette sent troops to disperse the crowd. Shots were fired and
some 50 died in the first reactionary act by the new powers.
Please
log in to
consult the article in its entirety. If you are a member (student of staff) of a subscribing
institution (
see List), you should be able to access the LE on
campus directly (without the need to log in), and off-campus either via the institutional log in we
offer, or via your institution's remote access facilities, or by creating a
personal user account with your institutional email address. If
you are not a member of a subscribing institution, you will need to purchase a personal
subscription. For more information on how to subscribe as an individual user, please see under
Individual Subcriptions.
97 words
Citation:
Editors, Litencyc. "Louis XVI flees Paris". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 22 December 2007 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=4243, accessed 23 November 2024.]
Save this article
If you need to create a new bookshelf to save this article in, please make sure that you are logged in, then go to
your 'Account' here
