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 Régime. 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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