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Leo Gershoy. X. THE CONVENTION : JACOBINS AND GIRONDINS ( 1792-1793 ) COMPOSITION OF THE NATIONAL CONVENTION ON September 21 , 1792 , the newly elected deputies of the Na- tional Convention held their first regular session.1 Toward the ...
Leo Gershoy. X. THE CONVENTION : JACOBINS AND GIRONDINS ( 1792-1793 ) COMPOSITION OF THE NATIONAL CONVENTION ON September 21 , 1792 , the newly elected deputies of the Na- tional Convention held their first regular session.1 Toward the ...
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... Convention . Skillfully conducted , his defense might have succeeded , but he misjudged the situation and played di- rectly into the hands of his political opponents . He had stopped attending the sessions of the Committee at the end of ...
... Convention . Skillfully conducted , his defense might have succeeded , but he misjudged the situation and played di- rectly into the hands of his political opponents . He had stopped attending the sessions of the Committee at the end of ...
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... Convention decreed that all public deeds should be writ- ten in French and private deeds should not be registered unless in French . • This régime of intellectual coercion was modified later . French did not displace the local patois ...
... Convention decreed that all public deeds should be writ- ten in French and private deeds should not be registered unless in French . • This régime of intellectual coercion was modified later . French did not displace the local patois ...
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THE GOVERNMENT OF FRANCE IN THE Old Régime | 3 |
SOCIETY IN THE OLD RÉGIME | 28 |
CHAPTER | 30 |
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