History A-Level
The collapse of absolute monarchy
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Royal authority had collapsed by May 1789, leaving France politically paralysed and forcing Louis XVI to summon the Estates-General.
Topics that use The collapse of absolute monarchy
- 2H France in Revolution, 1774–1815 (A-level only) – 1795 The origins of the French Revolution, 1774–1789 (AQA A-Level)
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