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Estates General constitutional pressure: Third Estate asserts majority

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Estates General constitutional pressure: Third Estate asserts majority

Sieyes, Emmanuel-Joseph · Versailles · Abbe · Constitutional theorist

Sieyes argued that the productive nation could not remain subordinated to privileged orders. His writings transformed the dispute about voting procedure into a question of national representation.

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