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Season 1 Episode 26
Civil war erupts within the Jacobin Club as Brissot and Robespierre denounce each other's solutions to the nation's woes. Diplomatic and ministerial …
5 years, 6 months ago
The Road to War
Season 1 Episode 25
European monarchs threatened war and Jacobin deputies embraced the challenge. A strange alliance is forged between the Brissotins and the Court as th…
5 years, 8 months ago
The Legislative Assembly
Season 1 Episode 24
New assembly, new problems. As the Legislative Assembly gathers in Paris in October 1791, a new generation of revolutionaries is forced to confront a…
5 years, 9 months ago
The Constitution of 1791
Season 1 Episode 23
With the democrats on the run, the newly established Feuillant Club had an opportunity to revise the constitution and cement its power. King Louis XV…
5 years, 10 months ago
The Tricolour Terror
Season 1 Episode 22
King fled. Captured Instead. Trouble Ahead. With the nation shocked by the King's attempted escape, public debate erupted over the future of both the…
5 years, 11 months ago
Show Update April 2020
Season 1 Episode 21
When will season one end? What will be the topic of season two? How can you access Grey History's new bonus content, including Episode Extras, Stand …
6 years ago
Run Louis Run
Season 1 Episode 21
The King escapes Paris in the famous Flight to Varennes. As the revolution was devoured by the left and the right, what was the true catalyst for Lou…
6 years ago
Death of the Aristocracy
Season 1 Episode 20
As religious divisions threaten the peace, the Assembly makes an enemy of France's warrior class. Mirabeau, seeking to save the revolution from its i…
6 years ago
A Holy War Begins
Season 1 Episode 19
The Catholic Church becomes the revolution's most tenacious and ferocious foe. The Civil Constitution of the Clergy forces the nation to choose betwe…
6 years, 1 month ago
A Popular Revolution
Season 1 Episode 18
A popular, revolutionary sentiment sweeps across the nation. To express support for this new nationalism, the French people created a whole host of n…
6 years, 1 month ago