French Revolution. Tennis Court Oath (20 June 1789). Solemn pledge of union with the aim of putting an end to the Ancien regime. It took place in a tennis court (Jeu de Paume) at Versailles by 578 French deputies. Convened there as part of the Estates General of 1789, they were overwhelmingly members of the Third Estate, with some representatives of the clergy and nobility. Engraving. ""History of the French Revolution"". Volume I, 1876.
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French Revolution. Tennis Court Oath (20 June 1789). Solemn pledge of union with the aim of putting an end to the Ancien regime. It took place in a tennis court (Jeu de Paume) at Versailles by 578 French deputies. Convened there as part of the Estates General of 1789, they were overwhelmingly members of the Third Estate, with some representatives of the clergy and nobility. Engraving. ""History of the French Revolution"". Volume I, 1876.

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19e siècle

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Tennis Court Oath Jeu de Paume oath ceremony Ancien Regime 18th century France French Estates General French Revolution history engraving Third Estate royal tennis court tennis hall union Europe politicians revolutionist society Versailles Palace of Versailles Jean Sylvain Bailly Jean-Joseph Mounier Emmanuel-Joseph Sieyes religious religious crowd people

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