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Abdication Clause Speech

France · Revolution / Revolution of France. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1792

Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud3 July 1792

Paris · Revolution / Revolution of France

Vergniaud argued that the Constitution allowed the king to be treated as having abdicated if he failed to resist armed enemies.

Names involved

Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud

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