Institutions

A glossary of significant institutions and political organisations mentioned by the duchess, with links to the relevant Letter(s).

• Commission of Twelve
• Estates General
• Feuillants Club
• Girondin faction
• Jacobin Club/Jacobins
• Montagnard faction
• National Constituent Assembly
• National Convention
• National Guard
• National Legislative Assembly
• Paris Commune
• Paris Sections
• Revolutionary Tribunal (Paris)
• Second Assembly of Notables
• Swiss Guards
• Third Estate