Considerations on the principal events of the French revolution. Vol. I

Staël, Madame de, (Anne-Louise-Germaine),1766-1817. ; Broglie, Achille-Léon-Victor, duc de,; 1785-1870, ; Staël-Holstein, Auguste Louis,; baron de, 1790-1827,

Verlag: London, Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, [C. Baldwin Printer], 1818, 1818

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Volume 1 of 3 volumes ; LCCN: 04-32071 ; LC: DC155; Dewey: 944.04 ; OCLC: 457220 ; replacement pages added for v-xii ; water stain at bottom corner through page 111 ; purple cloth with 1/2 leather ; "The revolution of France is one of the grand eras of social order. Those who consider it as the result of accidental causes have reflected neither on the past nor on the future ; they have mistaken the actors for the drama; and, in seeking a solution agreeable to their prejudices, have attributed to the men of the day that which had been in a course of preparation for ages." ; Contents : Considerations on the History of France -- On the State of public Opinion in France at the Accession of Louis X -- Of the Character of M Necker as a public Man -- Necker's Plans of Finance -- Necker's Plans of Administration Of the American War -- Necker's Retirement from Office in 1781 -- The Circumstances that led to the assembling of the States General-Ministry of M de Calonne -- Sequel of the preceding-Ministry of the Archbishop of Toulouse -- Did France possess a Constitution before the Revolution? -- On the Recall of M Necker in 1788 -- Conduct of the last States General, held at Paris -- The Division of the States General into Orders -- What was the public Feeling of Europe at the Time of convening the States General? -- Opening of the States General on the Sth May, 1789 -- Of the Resistance of the prileged Orders to the Demands of the Tiers Etat in 1789 -- Conduct of the Tiers Etat during the first two Months of the Session of the States General -- Means possessed by the Crown in 1789 of opposing the Revolution -- The Royal Session of 23d June, 1789 -- Events caused by the Royal Session of 23d June, 1789 -- Revolution of the 14th July 1789 -- Return of M Necker -- Mirabeau -- Of the Constituent Assembly after the 14th July -- General La Fayette -- Of the Good effected by the Constituent Assembly -- Liberty of the Press, and State of the Police, during the Time of the Constituent Assembly -- Of the different Parties conspicuous in the Constituent Assembly -- Of the Errors of the Constituent Assembly in Matters of Administration -- Of the Errors of the National Assembly in regard to the Constitution -- Efforts made by M Necker with the popular Party in the Constituent Assembly, to induce it to establish the English Constitution in France -- Did the English Government ge Money to foment Troubles in France? -- Events of the 5th and 6th October, 1789 -- The Constituent Assembly at Paris -- Of the Decrees of the Constituent Assembly in regard to the Clergy -- Of the Suppression of Titles of Nobility -- Of the Royal Authority as it was established by the Constituent Assembly -- Federation of 14th July, 1790 -- Of the State of Society in Paris during the Time of the Constituent Assembly -- The Introduction of Assignats, and Retirement of M Necker -- State of Affairs and of political Parties in the Winter of 1790-91 -- Death of Mirabeau -- Departure of the King on the 21st of June, 1791 -- Resal of the Constitution -- Acceptance of the Constitution, called the Constitution of 1791 ; ex-lib ; POOR. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 006717

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Titel: Considerations on the principal events of ...

Verlag: London, Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, [C. Baldwin Printer], 1818

Erscheinungsdatum: 1818

Einband: Hardcover

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