In the summer of 1789 Louis XVI called the États generaux or Estates General, an old, pseudo-parliament, that had not been assembled in over a 150 years. The Third Estate, representing the majority of the population, took the occasion on 17th of June to differentiate themselves as a self standing National Assembly, and then, in the Tennis Court Oath, em…
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