Tag: Leopold
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The National Convention
Hello, and welcome to Revolutions. So, last time we dealt with the bloody consequences of the power vacuum that was left after the Insurrection of August 10. The overthrow of the monarchy and the abandonment of the Constitution of 1791 meant that no one was really in charge and so no one was really in…
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The September Massacres
Hello, and welcome to Revolutions. So last week we witnessed a massive turning point in the French Revolution; a massive turning point in world history. The Insurrectionary Commune backed by an army of militant sans-culottes, an ultra patriotic national guardsmen, violently seized control of Paris on August 10, 1792. The King was now suspended, the…
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The Insurrection of August 10
Hello, and welcome to Revolutions. Last time, we saw the profound impact that France’s declaration of war had on domestic politics. So far, the revolution had played out against a backdrop of peace. Yes, fears about the intentions of the Austrians had long played a role in how the revolutionaries thought and acted, but until…
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War
Hello, and welcome to Revolutions. When we left off last time, Europe was hurtling towards war. The French believed the Austrians were a stagnant relic that could not possibly withstand the might of the fully mobilized French nation. The Austrians believe the French armies were in disarray, the French Treasury was empty, and the French…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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The Constitution of 1791
Hello, and welcome to Revolutions. In the wake of the massacre at the Champ de Mars, it very much appeared that the Republican movement had been permanently suppressed. The radical leaders of the radical Paris districts were in hiding, and everyone else was busy putting the finishing touches on the Constitution of 1791. A constitution…
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The French Revolution and the Threat to all the Monarchies of Europe
I’m a fan of the French Revolution and should you should be too! A million things have been written about that revolution, but I’d like to highlight one of the most important events in my opinion. Two years after the Storming of the Bastille, Europe started to get really nervous regarding the treatment of the…