Excerpt from History of Europe From the Commencement of the French Revolution in 1789 to the Restoration of the Bourbons in 1815, Vol. 2 Progressive deterioration of the ruling powers in France, 61. - Error in demo cratic institutions, 62. - State of Paris after the loth August, ih - Reappoint ment of the Girondist ministry, 63. - The king and royal family are trans ferred to the Temple, 64. - Fall and flight of Lafayette, 65. - Institution of the Revolutionary Tribunal, 66. Its first victims, and adoption of the ...
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Excerpt from History of Europe From the Commencement of the French Revolution in 1789 to the Restoration of the Bourbons in 1815, Vol. 2 Progressive deterioration of the ruling powers in France, 61. - Error in demo cratic institutions, 62. - State of Paris after the loth August, ih - Reappoint ment of the Girondist ministry, 63. - The king and royal family are trans ferred to the Temple, 64. - Fall and flight of Lafayette, 65. - Institution of the Revolutionary Tribunal, 66. Its first victims, and adoption of the guillotine, 67 - Consternation produced by the advance of the Prussians, ib. - Energetic plans of Danton, 7 o.-massacre in the prisons, ib. - Death of the Archbishop of Arles, 7 3 - of the Princess Lamballe, 7 L - Similar examples of cruelty in other countries, 7 6. - Feeble conduct of the Assembly, 136. Small number of persons who perpetrated all these murders, and inefficiency of the national 7 7. - Massacre at Versailles, Meux, and Lyons, 6b. Frightful barbarities at Rheims, 7 8. - Plunder by the municipality of Paris, 79. - Roland denounces these atrocities, ib. - Termination of the Legislative Assembly, 80. - Elections for the National Convention, ib. - Parties in it, and influence of the J sechin clubs over France, 81. - Abolition of royalty, and new calendar introduced: state of the financea ib. - New constitution, 82. - Accusation of Robespierre by Osselin and Barbaroux, ib. - Accusation of Marat, 83. - Feeble conduct of the Girondists, 84. - Irresolution of the Assembly, 85. - Attempt to establish a municipal guard for the Convention, and menacing language of the sections of Paris at the bar of the Assembly, 86. - More severe aws against the emigrants, 87 -proposed measures against the municipality, via - Preparations for the trial of Louis, 88. - Discovery of the iron closet in the Tuileries, ib. - Description of the Temple, 91. - Con duct of the royal family during their captivity, 92. - Trial of the king, 94. Devotion of Malesherbes and Tronchet, 95. - He is condemned, 99.-sen tence of death ronounced, 100. - His execution, 103, - o-reflections on the event, and Louis 8 character, 104. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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