History A-Level
flight to Varennes
What flight to Varennes means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of flight to Varennes
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In June 1791 Louis XVI fled Paris but was arrested at Varennes, destroying trust in the king and exposing counter-revolutionary activity by émigrés.
Topics that use flight to Varennes
- Revolution and the failure of constitutional monarchy, 1789–93 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Brunswick Manifesto
- Great Fear
- October Days
- Popular insurrection and the sans-culottes
- Republicanism
- Revolutionary justice and violence
- Royalist support
- Sans-culottes
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