The French Revolution
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The years before (which started in 1789 AD.) were
ones of vast, unexpected change and confusion. One of the changes was the
decline of the power of the nobles, which had a severe impact on the loyalty of
some of the nobles to King Louis XVI. Another change was the increasing power
of the newly e ....
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.... pay homage
to the king, and provide the king with his services. This all came to a gradual
stop, however beginning with the loss of the noble's power over their own land
at the hands of Louis XIV.1 This was the foundation of the revolte nobiliaire
in the fact that it formed a basis of mistrust, and anger for the monarch.2 In
that time the feudal system was still being practiced, so social status was
based on the amount of land you could attain. With no land, the nobles saw
themselves to b ....
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