HISTORY 1DD3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Gilbert Du Motier, Marquis De Lafayette, Pierre Victurnien Vergniaud, Jacques Pierre Brissot

• School: McMaster University
• Department: History
• Course: HISTORY 1DD3
• Professor: Stephen Heathorn

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