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17 September 1695: The first of the Penal Laws against Catholics...
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17 September 1695
The first of the Penal Laws against Catholics restricted Catholic
education rights: this produced the emergence in Ireland of the celebrated, and mythologized, hedge schools.
Foster, Robert Fitzroy. Modern Ireland 1600-1972. Allen Lane, 1988.
208
Kelly, Matthew. “With Bit and Bridle”. London Review of Books, Vol.
32
, No. 15, 5 Aug. 2010, pp. 12-13.
22-3
19 January 1771: French parlements, the sovereign court of...
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19 January 1771
French parlements
, the sovereign court of Justice in Paris and thirteen other centres, were abolished by Louis XV
.
Chisholm, Hugh, editor. Encyclopaedia Britannica. Eleventh, Cambridge University Press, 1911.
10: 849
Paxton, John. Companion to the French Revolution. Facts on File, 1988.
211
19 January 1771: French parlements, the sovereign court of...
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19 January 1771
French parlements
, the sovereign court of Justice in Paris and thirteen other centres, were abolished by Louis XV
.
Chisholm, Hugh, editor. Encyclopaedia Britannica. Eleventh, Cambridge University Press, 1911.
10: 849
Paxton, John. Companion to the French Revolution. Facts on File, 1988.
211
By September 1779: The supposed nature of women, and the mere...
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By September 1779
The supposed nature of women, and the mere idea of having them in parliament
, were mocked in a pamphlet: The House of Peeresses: or, Female Oratory.
Clark, Anna. “The Chevalier d’Eon and Wilkes: Masculinity and Politics in the Eighteenth Century”. Eighteenth-Century Studies, Vol.
32
, No. 1, 1998, pp. 19-48.
48n158
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
48 (1779): 234
27 December 1788: Louis XVI consented to public demands and...
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27 December 1788
Louis XVI
consented to public demands and overuled the Parlement
of Paris to double the size of the Third Estate.
Chisholm, Hugh, editor. Encyclopaedia Britannica. Eleventh, Cambridge University Press, 1911.
10: 852
5 May 1789: The Estates-General met at Versailles for...
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5 May 1789
The Estates-General
met at Versailles for the first time since 1614.
Kafker, Frank A., and James M. Laux, editors. The French Revolution: Conflicting Interpretations. 4th ed., R. E. Krieger, 1989.
x
Paxton, John. Companion to the French Revolution. Facts on File, 1988.
155
3 November 1789: The French National Assembly ordered all...