Edmund Burke (1729–1797) is the author of Reflections on the Revolution in France, addressed to Charles-Jean Francois Depont but largely in response to radical Dissenter Richard Price’s speech “Discourse on the Love of…
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Charles-Jean Francois Depont
Depont was the son of a French family who stayed with the Burkes. Burke describes him as “a very young gentleman at Paris, who did him the honour of desiring his opinion” on the events…
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Richard Price
Richard Price was a Dissenting minister and political radical, a member of London’s Revolution Society whose sermon, “Discourse on the Love of Our Country,” Burke dissects and critiques in the first part of Reflections…
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King Louis XVI of France
Louis XVI (1754–1793) reigned as king of France from 1774–1792. He was the husband of Queen Marie Antoinette of France. He was the last king of France before the monarchy was abolished…
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Queen Marie Antoinette of France
Marie Antoinette (1755–1793) was queen of France from 1774–1792. She was the wife of King Louis XVI of France. She was the last queen of France before the monarchy was abolished in the French…
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