Inhoudsopgave
Waarom hoefde de Franse koning de Staten-Generaal tijdens het absolutisme nooit bij elkaar te roepen?
De koning was gedwongen om het parlement bijeen te roepen voor oplossingen, want de adel dwarsboomde alle initiatieven om tot belastinghervormingen te komen. Koning Lodewijk XVI van Frankrijk Sinds 1614 waren de Franse Staten-Generaal (de nationale volksvertegenwoordiging) niet meer bijeengekomen.
Who is Louis XVII?
Louis XVII (27 March 1785 – 8 June 1795), born Louis-Charles, was the younger son of King Louis XVI of France and Queen Marie Antoinette . He was at birth given the title Duke of Normandy.
What was Louis XVI’s response to the charges?
On 26 December, his counsel, Raymond Desèze, delivered Louis’s response to the charges, with the assistance of François Tronchet and Malesherbes. Before the trial started and Louis mounted his defense to the convention, he told his lawyers that he knew he would be found guilty and be killed, but to prepare and act as though they could win.
What is the best book on the life of Louis XVI?
The Life and Death of Louis XVI (1939) Price, Munro. The Road from Versailles: Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, and the Fall of the French Monarchy (2004) 425 pp. Amazon.com, excerpt and text search; also published as The Fall of the French Monarchy: Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette and the Baron de Breteuil. (2002) Schama, Simon. Citizens.
What happened to Louis XVI of France’s older brother?
His older brother, Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France, died in June 1789, a little over a month before the start of the French Revolution. At his brother’s death he became the new Dauphin ( heir apparent to the throne), a title he held until 1791, when the new constitution accorded the heir apparent the title of Prince Royal.
Waarom gaat de derde stand naar de Kaatsbaan in Parijs om daar te vergaderen?
De derde stand was in de Franse Staten-Generaal namelijk altijd nadrukkelijk ondergeschikt geweest aan de andere twee standen, de geestelijkheid en de adel, en werd door de koning buitengesloten in de vergaderingen.