A wise conqueror supports his triumphs by protecting and even elevating the religion of the conquered people. Bonaparte's principle was, as he himself has often told me, to look upon religions as the work of men, but to respect...
Day: July 15, 2023
Copy of the last will of Louis XVI. In the name of the Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, Amen. I, Louis the XVI. king of France, having been for better than four months detained with my...
The sitting of the Convention commenced by reading the act of accusation against Louis XVI, which was presented by Barbaroux in the name of the commission of twenty-one. It contained an enumeration of the principal charges made against the...