Was Louis XVI guilty of the charges levelled against him?

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Was Louis guilty of the charges levelled against him?

On the 22nd of September, King Louis XVI was brought to court. He faced several charges, which included, bankrupting the nation, plotting against the revolution, trying to flee and accepting a constitution in which he despised. Louis denied all the charges that he faced. In this essay, we will see what decision we get after we look behind the truth of these charges.

Louis was accused for bankrupting the nation, which I think is a bit unfair to him as when he came on the throne, the country was already in debt as it had been passed down from his father’s reign. But, there were several rumours going on that Louis’ wife, Marie Antionette was wasting a lot of money as she had been reported to have bought a diamond necklace worth 1.6 million livres. So, this was not entirely Louis’ fault.

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Another charge that was brought up against Louis was plotting against the revolution. This factor was quite true as there was some evidence to state that Louis was trying to get help from neighbouring countries such as Austria (as the Emperor of Austria was Marie Antoinette’s brother) to help him to restore power and take total control of France once again (have absolute monarchy). This evidence is quite reliable as Austria had been protecting nobles who had fled to Austria and there were fears that they were all plotting against the Revolution to help the king.

Louis was also accused ...

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