The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
Hello, and welcome to Revolutions. The representatives of the French people, constituted as a National Assembly, and considering that the ignorance, neglect, or contempt of the rights of man are the sole cause of public misfortunes and governmental corruption, have resolved to set forth in a solemn declaration the natural, inalienable, and sacred rights of […]
Talleyrand
Hello, and welcome to Revolutions. So I was in fact able to carve out out some time to produce this little gift before I officially come back next week. And while I’m here, I’d also like to say that I’m glad to see everyone buying gifts for themselves at revolutionspodcastfundraiser.com. It closes up shop in […]
The Legislative Assembly
Hello, and welcome to Revolutions. After the National Assembly closed its doors on September 30, 1791, French revolutionary politics took zero days off because the next morning, October 1, 1791, the new Legislative Assembly convened for the first time. Elections for the Assembly had started up at the end of August and run through September […]