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 revolutionary regime.
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 Brissotins.
Jacques Guillaume Thouret and Madame de Staël recall the King’s acceptance of the Constitution of 1791, and the false sense of hope it inspired.
Historian Henry Packwood Adams details an alternative framework in which to analyse the constitution. Rejecting the mainstream approach, Adams instead focuses on another revolutionary actor as he argues that the Constitution of 1791 makes perfect...
Explore the anti-royalist and pro-republican sentiment produced by the revolutionary press after the King’s failed escape. Jacques René Hébert viciously denounces Louis XVI and foreshadows his future fate.
Examine King Louis’ official deposition justifying his attempted escape from Paris (not France….. supposedly).
The first Episode Extras are live for Grey History’s patreon community! Going forward, Episode Extras will divulge the cool facts, interesting quotes, and quirky side stories that I wanted to discuss in the regular show but couldn’t find...
Could Louis have talked himself out of his capture in Varennes? We also discuss a ground-breaking “world first” connected to Leopold II.
