Women’s March on Versailles
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The Women’s March on Versailles was a pivotal 1789 protest in which thousands of mostly working-class Parisian women marched to the royal palace to demand bread and force the king to move to Paris, marking a major early turning point in the French Revolution.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
demonstration
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episode of the French Revolution → event → protest → |
| aim |
to demand bread
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to force the king to move to Paris → to lower the price of bread → to secure royal approval of revolutionary decrees → |
| alsoKnownAs |
October Days
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Women’s October March → |
| country |
Kingdom of France
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| date |
5 October 1789
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| endDate |
6 October 1789
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| endPoint |
Versailles
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| followedBy |
Champ de Mars Massacre
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Flight to Varennes → |
| hasCause |
bread shortage in Paris
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economic hardship among Parisian working class → high price of bread → popular discontent with the monarchy → |
| hasPart |
march from Paris to Versailles
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royal family’s return to Paris → storming of the Palace of Versailles → |
| involves |
confrontation with royal bodyguards
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popular violence → women’s political activism → |
| location |
Palace of Versailles
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Paris → Versailles → |
| mainParticipants |
King Louis XVI
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Lafayette → Marie Antoinette → National Guardsmen → Parisian women → market women of Paris → |
| numberOfParticipants |
thousands
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| precededBy |
Storming of the Bastille
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| result |
King Louis XVI relocated to the Tuileries Palace
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National Assembly moved to Paris → increased influence of Parisian crowds on politics → royal family moved from Versailles to Paris → symbolic subordination of the monarchy to Paris → |
| significance |
demonstrated political power of popular crowds
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major early turning point in the French Revolution → marked the end of Versailles as the political center of France → strengthened revolutionary control over the king → |
| startPoint |
Paris
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| timePeriod |
French Revolution
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| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Flight to Varennes
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Louis XVI of France
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Versailles
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eventLocation |
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Women’s March on Versailles
("storming of the Palace of Versailles")
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hasPart |
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French Revolution
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keyEvent |
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Marie Antoinette
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notableEvent |