He was succeeded by his 10-year-old grandson, King Richard II. Some peasants felt that such a young king could be pressurised into making changes that would improve their lives. The trigger for ...
By 1789 France was broke. The nobility refused to pay more taxes, and the peasants simply couldn't. Even the opulent King Louis XVI, fonder of hunting and locksmithing than governing, recognized ...
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