Wordsworth, Jonathan. The Bright Work Grows: Women Writers of the Romantic Age. Woodstock Books, 1997.
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Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Literary responses | Catharine Macaulay | CM
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| Occupation | Thomas Paine | Thomas Paine
, put on trial in London for sedition (in his absence, since he was sitting as an elected member of the French National Assembly
in Paris at the time), was found guilty. Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904. under Trials |
| politics | George Sand | Following the revolutionary activities of 1848, GS
wrote propaganda for the provisional government, writing a number of pamphlets, including Lettres au peuple (Letters to the People), outlining her ideas for the republic. In... |
| politics | Ann Jebb | Her obituarist wrote that her zeal in the cause of civil and religious liberty was unabated by her husband's death. Meadley, George William. “Memoir of Mrs. Jebb”. The Monthly Repository, Vol. 7 , Oct. 1812, pp. 597 - 604, 661. 661 |
| Textual Features | Sarah Pearson | The family attends the funeral of Mirabeau
; Pearson, Susanna. The Medallion. G. G. and J. Robinson, 1794, 3 vols. 2: 89 Pearson, Susanna. The Medallion. G. G. and J. Robinson, 1794, 3 vols. 3: 98 |
| Textual Production | Sarah Gardner | SG
wrote her second full-length play, The Loyal Subject (a comedy in five acts), some time after, as it says, the French launched the Vessel of Liberty. Gardner, Sarah. Colyton MS. |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Ann Jebb | In 1789 and 1790, still in correspondence with Cartwright and also in letters to Thomas Brand Hollis
, she discussed the issues involved in the Regency in Britain and the agreement between Louis XVI
and... |
Timeline
17 June 1789: In France the Third Estate assumed the title...
National or international item
17 June 1789
In France the Third Estate assumed the title of National Assembly
, and called on deputies from other estates (the nobles and clergy) to join them.
Kafker, Frank A., and James M. Laux, editors. The French Revolution: Conflicting Interpretations. 4th ed., R. E. Krieger, 1989.
x
Paxton, John. Companion to the French Revolution. Facts on File, 1988.
214
Between 25 and 27 August 1789: In Paris, the National Assembly adopted the...
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Between 25 and 27 August 1789
In Paris, the National Assembly
adopted the Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen.
Kafker, Frank A., and James M. Laux, editors. The French Revolution: Conflicting Interpretations. 4th ed., R. E. Krieger, 1989.
x
Soboul, Albert. The French Revolution 1787-1799. Translators Forrest, Alan and Colin Jones, Vintage, 1975.
183
Lefebvre, Georges. The French Revolution. Routledge and K. Paul, 1962.
148
Paxton, John. Companion to the French Revolution. Facts on File, 1988.
64, 170
Historians differ as to the date. Godineau (369) gives August 25; Soboul...
2 November 1789: The French National Assembly voted to expropriate...
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2 November 1789
The French National Assembly
voted to expropriate and nationalize church property.
Kafker, Frank A., and James M. Laux, editors. The French Revolution: Conflicting Interpretations. 4th ed., R. E. Krieger, 1989.
x
Paxton, John. Companion to the French Revolution. Facts on File, 1988.
215
3 November 1789: The French National Assembly ordered all...
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3 November 1789
The FrenchNational Assembly
ordered all parlements
to remain in recess.
Paxton, John. Companion to the French Revolution. Facts on File, 1988.
155
9 December 1789: The French National Assembly began to abolish...
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9 December 1789
The French National Assembly
began to abolish old provinces and create new départements or regions.
Kafker, Frank A., and James M. Laux, editors. The French Revolution: Conflicting Interpretations. 4th ed., R. E. Krieger, 1989.
x
Paxton, John. Companion to the French Revolution. Facts on File, 1988.
214,
13 February 1790: The French National Assembly decreed that...
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13 February 1790
The FrenchNational Assembly
decreed that French law would no longer recognise monastic vows.
“The Catholic Encyclopedia”. New Advent.
13 April 1790: The French National Assembly, in Paris, rejected...
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13 April 1790
The French National Assembly
, in Paris, rejected Catholicism as the national religion.
Waldron, Mary. Lactilla, Milkwoman of Clifton: The Life and Writings of Ann Yearsley, 1753-1806. University of Georgia Press, 1996.
201
12 July 1790: The French National Assembly adopted the...
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12 July 1790
The French National Assembly
adopted the Civil Constitution of the Clergy.
Latreille, André. “Tragic Errors”. The French Revolution: Conflicting Interpretations, edited by Frank A. Kafker and James M. Laux, 4th ed., R. E. Krieger, 1989, pp. 120-29.
121
Soboul, Albert. The French Revolution 1787-1799. Translators Forrest, Alan and Colin Jones, Vintage, 1975.
199-201
Paxton, John. Companion to the French Revolution. Facts on File, 1988.
51
14 July 1790: Richard Price, speaking at a Bastille Day...
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14 July 1790
Richard Price
, speaking at a Bastille Day tavern dinner, praised the French revolutionary authorities for intending to renounce war as an instrument of policy, and looked forward to a United States of the World.
Tomalin, Claire. The Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft. Revised, Penguin, 1992.
123
Goodwin, Albert. The Friends of Liberty: The English Democratic Movement in the Age of the French Revolution. Hutchinson, 1979.
124
March 1791: France broke off relations with the Papa...
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March 1791
France broke off relations with the Papacy.
Waldron, Mary. Lactilla, Milkwoman of Clifton: The Life and Writings of Ann Yearsley, 1753-1806. University of Georgia Press, 1996.
202
22 August 1791: Thousands of blacks rebelled in Hispaniola:...
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22 August 1791
Thousands of blacks rebelled in Hispaniola: in the French-speaking part of the island (now called Haiti while the other part is called the Dominican Republic). This (also known as Sainte-Domingue or Santo Domingo)...
30 September 1791: The French National Assembly was dissolved;...
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30 September 1791
The FrenchNational Assembly
was dissolved; next day it was replaced by the Legislative Assembly
, which ran until 20 September 1792.
Kafker, Frank A., and James M. Laux, editors. The French Revolution: Conflicting Interpretations. 4th ed., R. E. Krieger, 1989.
xi
Paxton, John. Companion to the French Revolution. Facts on File, 1988.
216
28 June 1793: The French National Assembly decreed various...
Building item
28 June 1793
The French National Assembly
decreed various kinds of state support for poor working people, including an allowance for each child under twelve.
Dunlap, Barbara J. “The Problem of Syphilitic Children in Eighteenth-Century France and England”. The Secret Malady: Venereal Disease in Eighteenth-Century Britain and France, edited by Linda E. Merians, University Press of Kentucky, 1996, pp. 114-27.
124
29 January 1871: Paris capitulated to the Prussians who had...
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29 January 1871
Paris capitulated to the Prussians who had been besieging it since the previous September. Political opinion in the city was fiercely divided and food was running short.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
286
Merriman, John M. “Contested Freedoms in the French Revolutions, 1830-1871”. Revolution and the Meanings of Freedom in the Nineteenth Century, edited by Isser Woloch, Stanford University Press, 1996, pp. 173-11.
202
Sayer, John. “Diary of an Unknown Parisienne”. Bodleian Library Record, Vol.
xviii
, No. 1, Apr. 2003, pp. 43-56. 50ff
February 1871: The French National Assembly met at Bordeaux...
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February 1871
The French National Assembly
met at Bordeaux and agreed to the terms of peace proposed by the Prussians.
Cowie, Leonard W., and Leonard Woolfson. Years of Nationalism: European History 1815-1890. Edward Arnold, 1985.
286-7
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