Book contents
- 1789: The French Revolution Begins
- New Studies in European History
- 1789: The French Revolution Begins
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: Building a National Assembly
- Chapter 1 The Long Slumber of the Estates General
- Chapter 2 The Estates General Sitting as a National Assembly
- Chapter 3 The King Responds
- Chapter 4 The King Resists
- Chapter 5 Toward a Defensive Constitution
- Chapter 6 A Truly National Assembly
- Conclusion
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Chapter 4 - The King Resists
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 July 2019
- 1789: The French Revolution Begins
- New Studies in European History
- 1789: The French Revolution Begins
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: Building a National Assembly
- Chapter 1 The Long Slumber of the Estates General
- Chapter 2 The Estates General Sitting as a National Assembly
- Chapter 3 The King Responds
- Chapter 4 The King Resists
- Chapter 5 Toward a Defensive Constitution
- Chapter 6 A Truly National Assembly
- Conclusion
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
27 June had marked a triumph for those who supported a union of the orders. The stalemate finally broken, it was time to write a constitution and help the king repair his finances. Then, on 30 June, at the first full meeting of the united orders, scores of deputies protested against the activities of the National Assembly. To a man these deputies, all from the privileged orders, claimed that instructions from their constituents prohibited them meeting in common with the other orders or accepting a vote by head. They based their protests on the mandates they had received from their electors. Almost all of the deputies of 1789 had sworn an oath upon receiving the cahier of his electoral district to faithfully present the grievances contained within. In most cases, they had sworn an oath to obey certain commands their electors made on pain of being, at least in theory, disowned as a representative. This was the “binding” or “imperative” mandate.
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- 1789: The French Revolution Begins , pp. 144 - 179Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019