University Studies 



Vol. XII JULY 1912 No. 3 



THE UPRISING OF JUNE 20, 1792 



BY LAURA B. PFEIFFER 



CONTENTS 



Chapter I. Introduction 199 



Chapter II. The Decrees of the Assembly 207 



Chapter III. The Fall of the Girondist Ministry 215 



Chapter IV. The Feuillant Ministry 221 



Chapter V. The 20th of June 226 



OUTLINE 



I. Introduction 199 



A. Struggle between the king and French people 200 



1. The calling of the states-general 200 



2. Struggle between " divine right " and sovereignty 



of the people 201 



a. Oath of the Tennis Court 201 



b. The destruction of the Bastille 202 



c. The 4th of August decrees 202 



d. The declaration of rights 202 



e. Calling of the regiment of Flanders 202 



/. King's intrigue with foreign powers 203 



g. Attempted flight of the king 203 



h. Declaration of war on Austria 205 



i. The decrees of the assembly 206 



y. The fall of the Girondist ministry 206 



k. The uprising of the 20th of June 206 



II. The decrees of the assembly 207 



A. Led to a clash with the king 207 



B. Needed for public safety 208 



C. Three decrees passed 209 



I. Decree against the priests 209 



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