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  2. Louis XVI and the Legislative Assembly - Wikipedia

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    On 29 November 1791 the Assembly decreed that every non-juring clergyman must take within eight days the civic oath, substantially the same as the oath previously administered, on pain of losing his pension and, if any troubles broke out, of being deported. This decree Louis vetoed as a matter of conscience.

  3. Freedom of movement under United States law - Wikipedia

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    The Supreme Court has acknowledged that freedom of movement is closely related to freedom of association and to freedom of expression. Strong constitutional protection for the right to travel may have significant implications for state attempts to limit abortion rights , ban or refuse to recognize same-sex marriages , and enact anti-crime or ...

  4. Louis XVI - Wikipedia

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    Louis XVI (Louis-Auguste; French: [lwi sɛːz]; 23 August 1754 – 21 January 1793) was the last king of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution. The son of Louis, Dauphin of France (son and heir-apparent of King Louis XV), and Maria Josepha of Saxony, Louis became the new Dauphin when his father died in 1765.

  5. Civil Constitution of the Clergy - Wikipedia

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    The Pope condemned those who took the oath and went as far as saying that they were absolutely separated from the church. [3] [page needed] Additionally, the Pope expressed disapproval of the Constitution of the Clergy in general and chastised King Louis XVI for assenting to it.

  6. Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen - Wikipedia

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    The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (French: Déclaration des droits de l'Homme et du citoyen de 1789), set by France's National Constituent Assembly in 1789, is a human and civil rights document from the French Revolution; the French title can also be translated in the modern era as "Declaration of Human and Civic Rights".

  7. Refractory clergy - Wikipedia

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    One of the new requirements placed upon all clergy was the necessity of an oath of loyalty to the State before all foreign influences such as the Pope. This created a schism within the French clergy, with those taking the oath known as juring priests , and those refusing the oath known as non-juring clergy or refractory clergy. [1]

  8. Liberté, égalité, fraternité - Wikipedia

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    The first one, according to Mona Ozouf, was one of "fraternité de rébellion" (Fraternity of Rebellion), [2] that is the union of the deputies in the Jeu de Paume Oath of June 1789, refusing the dissolution ordered by the King Louis XVI: "We swear never to separate ourselves from the National Assembly, and to reassemble wherever circumstances ...

  9. Freedom of movement - Wikipedia

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    Freedom of movement, mobility rights, or the right to travel is a human rights concept encompassing the right of individuals to travel from place to place within the territory of a country, [1] and to leave the country and return to it. The right includes not only visiting places, but changing the place where the individual resides or works.