assignats

As long as worthless paper-money -- whether called assignats or labour notes -- is offered to the peasant-producer it will always be the same.

The Conquest of Bread Peter Kropotkin

September 4th Pétion's secretary came to the Tower to remit to the king a sum of two thousand francs in assignats; he exacted from the king a receipt.

The Ruin of a Princess Cl 1912

The estates of the clergy were confiscated and became promissory notes called assignats, the new money.

THE DIAMOND JULIE BAUMGOLD 2005

The estates of the clergy were confiscated and became promissory notes called assignats, the new money.

THE DIAMOND JULIE BAUMGOLD 2005

The estates of the clergy were confiscated and became promissory notes called assignats, the new money.

THE DIAMOND JULIE BAUMGOLD 2005

I am every day convinced, that this and the assignats are the great causes of the alienation visible in many who were once the warmest patriots.

A Residence in France During the Years 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795, Complete Described in a Series of Letters from an English Lady: with General and Incidental Remarks on the French Character and Manners An English Lady

I am every day convinced, that this and the assignats are the great causes of the alienation visible in many who were once the warmest patriots.

A Residence in France During the Years 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795, Part I. 1792 Described in a Series of Letters from an English Lady: with General and Incidental Remarks on the French Character and Manners An English Lady

They decreed that the paper money known as assignats should be accepted as the equivalent of gold, and all their threats could not prevent the fictitious value of such money falling almost to nothing.

The Psychology of Revolution 1913

The "assignats" were secured on the national domains, and their security seemed absolute to the revolutionaries.

British Socialism An Examination of Its Doctrines, Policy, Aims and Practical Proposals J. Ellis Barker 1909

I am every day convinced, that this and the assignats are the great causes of the alienation visible in many who were once the warmest patriots. ”

A Residence in France During the Years 1792 1793 1794 and 1795 Lady, An English 1797