An exploration of the life of the Comte de Mercy-Argenteau and Lafayette’s schemes of 1792.
When the French War Minister Narbonne is forced to resign in March 1792, a political crisis engulfs the nation. Seeking to sooth tensions...
Episode 1.27, “The Nancy Mutiny”, is now available exclusively to Patreon supporters and is the first full-length bonus episode...
As King Louis requested that the Legislative Assembly proclaimed war against the King of Hungary and Bohemia, he did so in an unusual...
Although De Lessart was impeached in March 1792, this was just the start of his troubles. Discover the unfortunate demise of France’s...
The Feuillant leader Antoine Barnave lists multiple reasons to maintain the peace as he tries to save the Constitution of 1791.
Charles-Élie de Ferrières describes the various seditious acts undertaken by the non-juring clergy as they try to undermine the...
Genevan journalist Mallet Du Pan attacks the Legislative Assembly for its immoral and unjust decree against the nation’s emigrants.
Historian Charles Mallet details the state of the Feuillant Club in the new Assembly, and explores the characteristics and politics of the...
Jacques Guillaume Thouret and Madame de Staël recall the King’s acceptance of the Constitution of 1791, and the false sense of hope...
Historian Henry Packwood Adams details an alternative framework in which to analyse the constitution. Rejecting the mainstream approach...
Explore the anti-royalist and pro-republican sentiment produced by the revolutionary press after the King’s failed escape. Jacques...