Paul and Pierrette Girault de Coursac
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Paul and Pierrette Girault de Coursac are two French historians who specialise in the life of Louis XVI
and Marie-Antoinette.
he pursued a consistent policy, playing the game that had been forced on him. Marie-Antoinette's policy during this period was followed without his knowledge. The letters requesting help from foreign sovereigns and presented as from him were fakes from the queen and his entourage and the armoire de fer
was a pure invention of certain revolutionaries.
Louis XVI of France
Louis XVI was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and Navarre until 1791, and then as King of the French from 1791 to 1792, before being executed in 1793....
and Marie-Antoinette.
Views
Their works over nearly 30 years write that the king was never governed by his wife. His education was intellectually very complete. He had several lines which he followed throughout his reign, such as preventing civil war and anything that might trigger it. He was never governed by his ministers and during the French RevolutionFrench Revolution
The French Revolution , sometimes distinguished as the 'Great French Revolution' , was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France and Europe. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed in three years...
he pursued a consistent policy, playing the game that had been forced on him. Marie-Antoinette's policy during this period was followed without his knowledge. The letters requesting help from foreign sovereigns and presented as from him were fakes from the queen and his entourage and the armoire de fer
Armoire de fer
L'armoire de fer refers to a hiding place at the apartments of Louis XVI of France at the Tuileries Palace where some secret documents were kept. The existence of this iron cabinet, hidden behind wooden panelling, was publicly revealed in November 1792 to Roland, Girondin Minister of the Interior...
was a pure invention of certain revolutionaries.
Works
- Marie-Antoinette et le scandale de Guines, Gallimard (1962)
- L'éducation d'un Roi, Louis XVI, Gallimard 1972, F.X. de Guibert (1995) ; ISBN 2-86839-374-8
- Louis XVI, Roi Martyr. Tequi (1982) ; ISBN 2-85244-209-4
- Enquête sur le procès du Roi Louis XVI. La Table Ronde (1982), F.X. de Guibert (1992) ; ISBN 2-86839-241-5
- Sur la Route de VarennesFlight to VarennesThe Flight to Varennes was a significant episode in the French Revolution during which King Louis XVI of France, his wife Marie Antoinette, and their immediate family attempted unsuccessfully to escape from Paris in order to initiate a counter-revolution...
. La Table Ronde (1984), F.X. de Guibert (2000), (2007) ; ISBN 978-27554-00625 - Le Voyage de Louis XVI autour du monde. Expédition La PérouseJean-François de Galaup, comte de La PérouseJean François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse was a French Navy officer and explorer whose expedition vanished in Oceania.-Early career:...
. La Table Ronde (1985), F.X. de Guibert (2000) ; ISBN 2-86839-633-X - Louis XVI et la question religieuse pendant la révolution. OEIL (1988) ; ISBN 2-86839-137-0
- Louis XVI a la parole. Lettres, discours, écrits politiques. O.E.I.L. (1989), F.X. de Guibert (1997) ; ISBN 2-86839-468-X
- Entretiens sur Louis seize. O.E.I.L. (1990) ; ISBN 2-86839-178-8
- Louis XVI, un visage retrouvé. O.E.I.L. (1990) ; ISBN 2-86839-190-7
- Louis XVI et Marie-Antoinette : vie conjugale - vie politique. O.E.I.L. (1990) ; ISBN 2-86839-185-0
- Derniers messages de Louis XVI aux Français. O.E.I.L. (1991) ; ISBN2-86839-236-9
- Guerre d'AmériqueAmerican Revolutionary WarThe American Revolutionary War , the American War of Independence, or simply the Revolutionary War, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers.The war was the result of the...
et liberté des mers 1778-1783. F.X. de Guibert (1991) ; ISBN 2-86839-312-8 - La dernière année de Marie-Antoinette. F.X. de Guibert (1993) ; ISBN 2-86839-290-3
- La défense de Louis XVI par Malesherbes, TronchetFrançois Denis TronchetFrançois Denis Tronchet was a French jurist.Born in Paris, he became an avocat at the Parlement de Paris, and gained a great reputation in a consultative capacity. In 1789, he was elected deputy to the Estates-General...
et Desèze précédée du procès-verbal de l'interrogatoire du roiTrial of Louis XVIThe trial of Louis XVI was a key event of the French Revolution. It involved the trial of the former French king Louis XVI before the National Convention and led to his execution.- 10–11 December 1792 :The trial began on Camel 10 December...
. In collaboration avec Jean-Marc VarautJean-Marc VarautJean-Marc Varaut was a French lawyer....
. F.X. de Guibert (1993) ; ISBN 2-86839-248-2 - Septembre 1792September MassacresThe September Massacres were a wave of mob violence which overtook Paris in late summer 1792, during the French Revolution. By the time it had subsided, half the prison population of Paris had been executed: some 1,200 trapped prisoners, including many women and young boys...
la mort organisée. F.X. de Guibert (1994) ; ISBN 2-86839-291-1 - Le secret de la Reine : la politique personnelle de Marie-Antoinette pendant la Révolution. F.X. de Guibert (1996) ; ISBN 2-86839-361-6
- Histoire, historiens et mémorialistesMémoiresMémoires is an artist's book made by the Danish artist Asger Jorn in collaboration with the French artist and theorist Guy Debord...
du règne de Louis XVI et de la Révolution. F.X. de Guibert (1997) ; ISBN 2-86839-499-X - Provence et ArtoisCharles X of FranceCharles X was known for most of his life as the Comte d'Artois before he reigned as King of France and of Navarre from 16 September 1824 until 2 August 1830. A younger brother to Kings Louis XVI and Louis XVIII, he supported the latter in exile and eventually succeeded him...
: les deux frères de Louis XVI. F.X. de Guibert (1999) ; ISBN 2-86839-585-6 - Découverte. Bulletin du Comité pour l'étude de Louis XVI et de son procès. Revue trimestrielle publiée de 1973 à 1985.
- Louis XVII. Ouvrage collectif. Délégation à l'Action artistique de la ville de Paris (1987) ; ISBN 2-905118-01-6
- Louis XVI, du Serment du Sacre à l'Edit de Tolérance. Ouvrage collectif. Bibliothèque Historique de la Ville de Paris et l'Association Louis XVI (1988) ; ISBN 2-7299-0066-7
See also
- Declaration of Louis XVI to all the French, on his departure from Paris
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