what does the tennis court oath mean in the old days of the revolution?

Answer 1

French Serment Du Jeu De Paume (June 20, 1789), dramatic act of defiance by representatives of the nonprivileged classes of the French nation (the Third Estate) during the meeting of the Estates-General (traditional assembly) at the beginning of the French Revolution. The deputies of the Third Estate, realizing that in any attempt at reform they would be outvoted by the two privileged orders, the clergy and the nobility, had formed, on June 17, a National Assembly. Finding themselves locked out of their usual meeting hall at Versailles on June 20 and thinking that the king was forcing them to disband, they moved to a nearby tennis court. There they took an oath never to separate until a written constitution had been established for France. In the face of the solidarity of the Third Estate, King Louis XVI relented and on June 27 ordered the clergy and the nobility to join with the Third Estate in the National Assembly.

Answer 2

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The Tennis Court Oath (French: serment du jeu de paume) was a pledge signed by 577 members of France's Third Estate (who as of June 17, 1789 called themselves the National Assembly) during the Estates-General of June 20, 1789 in Versailles. It is widely considered as a key moment in the French Revolution.

Jacques Necker, finance minister to King Louis XVI, had proposed that the King hold a Séance Royal (Royal Session) in an attempt to conciliate the divided Estates. The plan was agreed, however none of the three orders (see Estates of the Realm) were formally notified of the descision to hold a Royal Session. All debates were to be put on hold until the séance royal took place.

On the morning of 20 June the deputies were shocked to discover the doors to their chamber locked and guarded by soldiers. Immediately fearing the worst and anxious that a royal coup was imminent, the deputies congregated in a nearby indoor tennis court (Squash or handball) where they took a solemn collective oath 'never to separate, and to meet wherever circumstances demand, until the constitution of the kingdom is established and affirmed on solid foundations'. The deputies pledged to continue to meet until a constitution had been written, despite the royal prohibition. 577 men signed the oath, with only one refusing. The oath was both a revolutionary act, and an assertion that political authority derived from the people and their representatives rather than from the monarch himself.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

It meant the commitment of the National Assembly and the assertion that rule came from the people not the monarchy. It took place during the Estates-General in 1789