Flight to Varennes

Question 1

Flight from Paris

Answer 1

20 June 1791

Question 2

Louis captured at Varennes

Answer 2

21 June 1791

Question 3

Causes of the Flight (3)

Answer 3

1) Civil Constitution of the Clergy and the Papal Bull Charitas contradicted his faith
2) He believed he was being held captive by his own people
3) He wanted an end to the increasing anti-clericalism of the revolution

Question 4

Consequences of the Flight

Answer 4

1) Demonstrated Louis’ true feelings for the revolution
2) Increased revolutionary in-fighting between political clubs

Question 5

Richet - Consequences

Answer 5

By fleeing, one king had renounced his sovereignty, while another king, the people, grimly looked on

Question 6

Tackett - Significance

Answer 6

would prove a turning point in the history of the Revolution and of the French monarchy

Question 7

Tackett - Role of the King

Answer 7

the King greatly contributed to the destabilisation of the state…For a great many people the shock was brutal…They experienced a profound sense of desertion and betrayal