Link to Part 2: https://youtu.be/cHgXwB84pA0
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Today we watch The French Revolution – Part 1 by Oversimplified.
Link to original video: https://youtu.be/8qRZcXIODNU?si=cn9DQNooPsX8UnRl
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Sources
Sieyes, “What is the Third Estate”: https://pages.uoregon.edu/dluebke/301ModernEurope/Sieyes3dEstate.pdf
“Declaration of the Rights of Man”: https://revolution.chnm.org/d/295
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So the royal family of France was the House of Bourbon, not the House of Capet. So he would be Louis de Bourbon, not Louis Capet.
Link to part 2: https://youtu.be/cHgXwB84pA0
I think it's also interesting that the peasants quite often sided with the Parlement against the monarchy when they tried to make taxes more fair and remove certain tax exemptions for the nobility. I believe that was mainly cause they saw it as the king taking away the ancient rights of the french people.
Small disagreement. Louis XVI actually wanted to implement reforms and reform the tax system but the aristocracy and the clergy used every trick in the book to keep the reforms from passing and keep their privileges. The king's indecisiveness soured his image and the reforms always failed. That is until the revolution came a knockin'.
Specking of Lafyette Drawn of history has a two part series on him I think you might like reacting to.
Sieyès Second Consul shoutout!