It had 577 signitaries, and only one man--Martin Dauch--refused to sign, claiming that he could do nothing without the sanction of the king. First proposed by Jean Joseph Mounier, it declared the delegates' intention "not to separate, and to reassemble wherever circumstances require, until the constitution of the kingdom is
It had 577 signitaries, and only one man--Martin Dauch--refused to sign, claiming that he could do nothing without the sanction of the king. First proposed by Jean Joseph Mounier, it declared the delegates' intention "not to separate, and to reassemble wherever circumstances require, until the constitution of the kingdom is established." FTP, name this defiant pledge signed by the members of France's Third Estate when the Estates General were locked out of their usual meeting place at Versailles.
It had 577 signitaries, and only one man--Martin Dauch--refused to sign, claiming that he could do nothing without the sanction of the king.
tennis court oath (accept equivalents) or serment du jeu de paume