Consequences de lexecution de louis xvi biography
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On 21 January an event occurred which sent spasms of shock through Europe and still echoes through western history.
Consequences de lexecution de louis xvi biography
French King Louis XVI, just 38 years old and the leader of one of the world&#;s most modern and powerful countries, had been executed by what was seen as a revolutionary rabble.
The chaos that followed would usher in war, Napoleon&#;s empire, and a new age of European and world history.
Professor of Modern History David Andress talks Dan through the French Revolution: the causes, the context, its significance and its wide-felt consequences.
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Contrary to popular belief, however, the initial aim of the revolution was not the disposal of the King.
When the violence started with the storming of the Bastille in July , Louis&#; overall position, let alone his life, was not under threat. However, over the next few years a series of events lead to his position becoming untenable.
In the years after the revolution, many of its ardent supporters