August Decrees
Deputies feared the Great Fear would spread and threaten property, increasing pressure for a political response.
Role range: 1789-1792
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Armand de Biography and Timeline
Follow Armand de through 10 dated historical records for France.
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1789
August Decrees
In the first days of August, the Bretons planned to rise in the Assembly and renounce certain feudal dues. This task was assigned to the Duke of Aiguillon, a radical nobleman, and Viscount de Noailles, a veteran of the American Revolutionary War
Role range: 1789-1792
August Decrees
Liberal deputies from the Breton Club (the forerunner to the Jacobin movement) believed the peasants could only be calmed by a grand gesture from the Assembly, such as a partial surrender of feudal rights.
Role range: 1789-1792
August Decrees
News of this rural violence electrified discussions among deputies of the Assembly. Dominated as they were by members of the bourgeoisie and liberal nobility, the majority of deputies were concerned that the Great Fear would spread further and pose a significant threat to property rights.
Role range: 1789-1792
August Decrees
The Duke of Aiguillon and the Viscount de Noailles were assigned to propose renunciation of selected feudal dues.
Role range: 1789-1792
August Decrees
With no means of suppressing the peasants by force, the Assembly's only avenue was to pacify them.
Role range: 1789-1792
Great Fear
In the first days of August, the Bretons planned to rise in the Assembly and renounce certain feudal dues. This task was assigned to the Duke of Aiguillon, a radical nobleman, and Viscount de Noailles, a veteran of the American Revolutionary War
Role range: 1789-1792
Great Fear
Liberal deputies from the Breton Club (the forerunner to the Jacobin movement) believed the peasants could only be calmed by a grand gesture from the Assembly, such as a partial surrender of feudal rights.
Role range: 1789-1792
Great Fear
News of this rural violence electrified discussions among deputies of the Assembly. Dominated as they were by members of the bourgeoisie and liberal nobility, the majority of deputies were concerned that the Great Fear would spread further and pose a significant threat to property rights.
Role range: 1789-1792
Great Fear
With no means of suppressing the peasants by force, the Assembly's only avenue was to pacify them.
Role range: 1789-1792
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