Louis XVI: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
John Hardman, Louis XVI, the Silent King (1993, reissued 2000), is a sympathetic biography that supersedes earlier works. P.M. Jones, Reform and Revolution in France (1995), recounts the groping and contradictory reform efforts of the 1770s and early 1780s. William Doyle, Origins of the French Revolution, 3rd. ed. (1999); and Jean Egret, The French Pre-Revolution, 1787–1788, trans. from the French by Wesley D. Camp (1977), deal with the crisis leading to the summoning of the Estates-General. Munro Price, The Road from Versailles: Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, and the Fall of the French Monarchy (2002), documents the king’s persistent hostility to the Revolution. Timothy Tackett, When the King Took Flight (2003), gives a vivid account of the unsuccessful escape attempt that doomed the king and the monarchy. David P. Jordan, The King’s Trial, new ed. (2004), explains the king’s defense strategy and the reasons for its failure. Vincent Cronin, Louis and Antoinette (1974, reissued 1996), is a lively, well-written dual biography that attempts a more-favorable-than-usual assessment of the king’s character.
Article Contributors
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Jeremy David Popkin
Professor of History, University of Kentucky, Lexington.
- Albert Goodwin
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Article History
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| Add new Web site: The Ohio State University - Origins - The Execution of Louis XVI. | Oct 19, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Aug 19, 2026 | ||
| Added link to article on Moroccan recognition of US. | Jul 01, 2026 | ||
| Added info on Louis's role in American Revolution. | Jun 18, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jan 17, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: pressbooks.ccconline.org - PPSC HIS 1120: The World: 1500-Present - Louis XVIs Early Years. | Nov 27, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC - Witness History - The lost king of France. | Jul 11, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: The American Revolution Institute - King Louis XVI. | May 16, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: History Today - Birth of Louis XVI of France. | Mar 21, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 10, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Heritage History - Louis XVI. is Executed. | Jan 17, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Potters Wax Museum - Louis XVI of France. | Nov 19, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Brown University Library - Center for Digital Scholarship - Louis XVI. | May 28, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 22, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Guardian - The death of Louis XVI � archive, 1793. | Feb 23, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Washington Pressbooks - Louis XVI, King of France. | Dec 27, 2023 | ||
| Links added. | Oct 20, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: American Battlefield Trust - King Louis XVI. | Aug 08, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Alpha History - Louis XVI. | Jun 30, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: History Today - Louis XVI's flight from Paris. | May 17, 2023 | ||
| Media added. | May 15, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Louis XVI. | Apr 07, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Louis XVI of France. | Dec 26, 2022 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Sep 05, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Ch�teau de Versailles - Louis XIV. | Dec 28, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: ThoughtCo. - A Biography of King Louis XVI of France. | Apr 06, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: Archontology.org - Biography of Louis XVI. | Jul 18, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Better Health Channel - Abortion. | Jun 02, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of Louis XVI. | Aug 17, 2010 | ||
| Added new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Biography of Louis XVI. |
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May 07, 2007 | |
| Bibliography revised. | Dec 08, 2006 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Dec 08, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Feb 24, 2005 | ||
| Article revised. | May 17, 2002 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |