Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Louis XVI Trial and Execution Documents

Everything is now online. To quote:
On 10 December 1792, the delegates of the newly formed National Convention heard the opening arguments in the trial against King Louis XVI. This significant event of the French Revolution ultimately resulted in the king’s execution by guillotine just over one month later and the establishment of democratic government in France. The Newberry’s Louis XVI Trial and Execution Collection contains more than 500 pamphlets on all aspects of the king’s trial: what the lawyers said, what the Convention delegates thought, and what French citizens demanded. Read all of these important documents for free in our Internet Archive collection, plus nearly 40,000 additional French pamphlets! (Read more.)

 

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