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Tennis Court Oath, (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.
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The Tennis Court Oath (French: Serment du Jeu de Paume) was taken on 20 June 1789 by the members of the French Third Estate in a tennis court on the initiative of Jean Joseph Mounier. Their vow "not to separate and to reassemble wherever necessary until the Constitution of the kingdom is established" became a pivotal event in the French ...
The swearing of the Tennis Court Oath (French, Serment du jeu de Paume) was a pivotal moment in the French Revolution. It took place in a royal tennis court at Versailles some six weeks into the Estates General.
On 20 June 1789 the deputies of the Third Estate (the Commoners) made the famous Oath of the Real Tennis Room here, and on 7 'Brumaire'* of the year II (28 October 1793), a decree in the Convention procured the room for the French nation. It thereafter served a variety of purposes.
In this sudden moment, the Tennis Court Oath became a pivotal flashpoint that would spark the bloody French Revolution. In protest, they convened on a nearby tennis court. There, they pledged not to disband until a new French constitution was established.
30 Οκτ 2024 · The Tennis Court Oath was a pivotal moment in the French Revolution, symbolizing the growing power of the people and the decline of the monarchy. It demonstrated the determination of the Third Estate to assert its political rights and challenge the traditional structures of power in France.
9 Φεβ 2010 · In Versailles, France, the deputies of the Third Estate, which represent commoners and the lower clergy, meet on the Jeu de Paume, an indoor tennis court, in defiance of King Louis XVI ’s order...
