. A history of mediaeval and modern Europe for secondary schools. LOUIS XI King of France (1461-1483) Born 1423 Died 1483 RICHELIEU French cardinal and statesmanBorn 1585 Died 1642. MIRABEAU METTERNICH French revolutionary leader Austrian statesman Born 1749 Died 1791 Born 1773 Died 1859 ARCHITECTS OF EMPIRE THE FRENCH REVOLUTION 397 common rumor. The tilings drove the uneasy spirits in Parisfrantic. At the Palais Royal (a favorite gathering-place)a young man, Camille Desmoulins, applied the match to themagazine. Leaping upon a table, he sent his voice over thebuzzing, excited throng: Citizens
. A history of mediaeval and modern Europe for secondary schools. LOUIS XI King of France (1461-1483) Born 1423 Died 1483 RICHELIEU French cardinal and statesmanBorn 1585 Died 1642. MIRABEAU METTERNICH French revolutionary leader Austrian statesman Born 1749 Died 1791 Born 1773 Died 1859 ARCHITECTS OF EMPIRE THE FRENCH REVOLUTION 397 common rumor. The tilings drove the uneasy spirits in Parisfrantic. At the Palais Royal (a favorite gathering-place)a young man, Camille Desmoulins, applied the match to themagazine. Leaping upon a table, he sent his voice over thebuzzing, excited throng: Citizens! They have driven Neckerfrom office. They are preparing a St. Bartholomew for arms! To arms! The next night and day were spent by the Parisians in arm-ing and organizing. The insurgents were joined by the FrenchGuards, a kind of local militia. Arsenals were broken July 14, the multitude cast itself upon the Bastille, thekings great prison-fortress, the embodiment of royal tyrannyin Paris. The weak garrison soon surrendered and were massa-cred by the infuriated The kings power in his chief city had crumbled in a twink-ling. It was evident that
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