Follow Armand de Aiguillon through 10 dated historical records for France.
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
The Duke joined reformers calling for the abolition or redemption of feudal obligations. The night session overturns estate privileges made Versailles a focal point in the struggle over royal and representative authority.
Role range: 1789-1792
The Duke of Aiguillon advocated changes to feudal obligations as violence spread through the countryside. His contribution helped persuade aristocratic deputies that concessions were necessary to restore order.
Role range: 1789-1792
Debates involving the Duke of Aiguillon culminated in a declaration that personal servitude and related feudal burdens should disappear. The reform weakened legal inequalities attaching peasants to lords.
Role range: 1789-1792
The August decrees threatened exclusive rights such as lordly dovecotes and hunting privileges. Rural households had long objected that these rights damaged crops and favored landowners.
Role range: 1789-1792
The Duke of Aiguillon backed reforms surrendering inherited feudal privileges. The gesture demonstrated that elements of the nobility favored concessions to secure the Revolution.
Role range: 1789-1792
The Duke of Aiguillon and other reform-minded nobles discussed abolishing or redeeming seigneurial claims. The distinction between immediate abolition and compensation remained contentious for years.
Role range: 1789-1792
The August debates repudiated tax privileges that had allowed nobles to avoid burdens borne by ordinary people. Aiguillon's advocacy of concessions fitted a wider movement toward equal taxation.
Role range: 1789-1792
The Assembly heard renunciations of privileges belonging to provinces, cities and corporate bodies. Aiguillon's social reform proposals helped foster a political atmosphere hostile to territorial legal exceptions.
Role range: 1789-1792
The August settlement distinguished abolished personal burdens from certain property-based payments considered redeemable. For landholders and peasants alike, this compromise postponed the full end of feudal dues.
Role range: 1789-1792
Lawmakers and rural communities disputed which documents could establish rights still payable after abolition. The arguments showed that the August decrees had not immediately ended all relations between former lords and tenants.
Role range: 1789-1792
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