The Origins of the Brunswick Manifesto

The Brunswick Manifesto has always been given a prominent place among the events leading up to the storming of the Tuileries Palace on August 10, 1792. It was, in Michelet's words, the spark that set off the powder barrel. Still, its influence upon the overthrow of the monarchy in France can easily be exaggerated and is at best problematical. Thus to consider the origins of this famous declaration may be more enlightening than to speculate over its consequences. The unraveling of the closely interwoven strands of its development, moreover, provides a unique insight into the conflicts of interest that divided the counterrevolutionary camp at the commencement of the war against France. It suggests some possible modification to the traditional concept of Louis XVI's political thinking; and finally it reveals, in a striking way, how little the Revolution in France was understood by those who sought to combat it

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