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Welcome to Season 2 of The French Revolution!

Revolutionary fervour threatens to engulf the streets of Paris, as demonstrators have gathered on the Champ de Mars to sign a petition demanding the removal of the King. Two days prior, the National Assembly had decreed that Louis XVI would remain King under a constitutional monarchy, even after his failed escape to Varennes, an inexcusable betrayal of the French people. The crowd has begun to swell on the Champ de Mars, and two men have already been lynched by the mob. The National Guard, with Lafayette at its head, has been sent to disperse the demonstrators, and a bloody, violent face-off erupts…

Join Tom and Dominic in the first part of our second Season of the French Revolution, as they break down the events of the Champs de Mars Massacre.

00:00 Introduction
00:18 Opening quote
01:18 French Revolution recap
01:51 2nd anniversary of the Fall of the Bastille
03:26 Did people respect the king personally?
04:00 The story of the French Revolution up to this point
06:14 The situation in the summer of 1791
07:40 The king’s position in captivity
11:13 Was the revolution fun?
12:34 The emergence of republicanism
14:45 The end of the National Assembly
16:55 Uprising in Haiti
18:55 Introduction to Antoine Barnave
22:30 The alliance between Barnave and Marie Antoinette
25:50 Why Louis XVI wasn’t punished after the Flight to Varennes
33:10 Lafayette
35:10 The Champs De Mars massacre
51:30 The choice between Barnave and Robespierre
52:31 The emergence of Robespierre
59:20 The new constitution
1:01:30 The Constituent Assembly
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