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The French Revolution Chapter IV - The Phases of the Revolution - I
In which the unfolding dispute between the Crown and the Parliament is revealed as a struggle not merely of privilege versus equality, but of legality versus illegality, framed within the long-established autocratic order of France. The Commons' assertion of themselves as the National Assembly and their bold claims to sovereignty mark the beginning of a new political theatre, where ancient rights and revolutionary theory find themselves at an uneasy and momentous crossroads.
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