French Revolution. French Constitution of 1791. It was the first written constitution in France, established after the collapse of the absolute monarchy of the Ancien Regime. It enacted popular sovereignty. King Louis XVI (1754-1793) swearing on the Book of the Constitution before the National Assembly, 14 September 1791. Drawing by Hippolyte de la Charlerie. Engraving by Blanpain. ""History of the French Revolution"". Volume I, 1876.
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French Revolution. French Constitution of 1791. It was the first written constitution in France, established after the collapse of the absolute monarchy of the Ancien Regime. It enacted popular sovereignty. King Louis XVI (1754-1793) swearing on the Book of the Constitution before the National Assembly, 14 September 1791. Drawing by Hippolyte de la Charlerie. Engraving by Blanpain. ""History of the French Revolution"". Volume I, 1876.

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19e siècle

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National Constituent Assembly oath ceremony Louis XVI king monarch monarchy constitutional monarchy French Revolution France French history assembly Europe European engraving Constitution book Bourbon Hippolyte de la Charlerie Ancien Regime religious freedom absolutism 18th century

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