The French Revolution: The Execution of the King (TRIH ep 547, part 4)
1793 · Resource
This episode of The Rest Is History (hosts Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook) recounts the trial and execution of Louis XVI and the symbolic birth of the French Republic. The hosts read and discuss courtroom rhetoric (including a speech by Romand de Cès), the legal and political manoeuvres that turned Louis from constitutional monarch into defendant, and the selection of his defence team.
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- Latin American wars of independence (1808)
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- French Revolution (1789)
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- American Declaration of Independence (1776)
- Presidency of George Washington (1789)
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