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Duplessis-Bertaux, J. (2018, October 18). French Revolution. Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution#/media/File:Jacques_Bertaux_-_Prise_du_palais_des_Tuileries_-_1793.jpg On 10 August 1792 the Paris Commune stormed the Tuileries Palace and killed the Swiss Guards. Jean Duplessis-Bertaux - L’Histoire par l’image [1], digital

The French Revolution 1774 - 1799

Engraving showing the Assembly of Notables of 1787 in Versailles

et Girardet, V., & Niquet, C. (2018, August 26). Assembly of Notables. Retrieved from     
     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assembly_of_Notables#/media/File:Veny,_Girardet_-_Niquet_-_Assemblée_des_notables_1787.jpg

Caricature of the Third Estate carrying the First Estate (clergy) and the Second Estate (nobility) on its back

Bibliothèque nationale de France. (1789). French Revolution - Caricature of the Third Estate carrying the First Estate (clergy) and the Second Estate (nobility) on its     
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[Painting]. Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution#/media/File:Troisordres.jpg

"The Storming of the Bastille", Visible in the center is the arrest of Bernard René Jourdan, m de Launay (1740-1789)

Houël, J. (1789). The storming of the Bastille [Painting]. Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution#/media/File:Prise_de_la_Bastille.jpg

 

 

Picture by an unknown artist showing a member of the 'Compagnons du Soleil', who carried out White Terror attacks in southeastern France

Picture by an unknown artist showing a member of the 'Compagnons du Soleil', who carried out White Terror attacks in southeastern France [Picture]. (1795). Retrieved from
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_White_Terror#/media/File:Terreur_blanche_1795.jpg

Constitution 1795

Constitution 1795 [Image]. (1795). Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Year_III#/media/File:Constitution_1795.jpg


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Compiled by Luciana Cavallaro 2018 | Updated November 2022