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The
meeting of the Estates General May 5, 1789
When
the Estates General met, each
estate solemnly marched into the hall at Versailles. The third
estate, dressed all in black, the nobility dressed
in all their finery and finally the clergy dressed in full
regalia.
The
delegates of the third estate insisted that the three orders
meet together and that the vote be taken by head, rather than
by order. (Since there were far more delegates from the third
estate, this plan would give them a majority). The King refused
to grant their request. The third estate refused to budge. |
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The
French Revolution and Empire
by DMG Sutherland
2002
the
book discusses the opposition from different classes at
different points in the revolution
The
Great Cat Massacre
by Robert Darnton
all
about the lives of the ordinary people at the time of the
revolution through an entertaining look at folk tales
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