[398] Reference, Stephens, The French Revolution, Vol. I, pp. 128–145.
[399] Reference, Stephens, The French Revolution, Vol. I, Chapter VI.
[400] This decree may be found in Translations and Reprints, Vol. I, No. 5.
[401] Reference, Stephens, French Revolution, Vol. I, Chapter VII.
[403] The text of the Civil Constitution of the Clergy may be found in Translations and Reprints, Vol. I, No. 5.
[404] Reference, Mathews, The French Revolution, Chapter XII.
[405] The formerly despotic king is represented as safely caged by the National Assembly. When asked by Marie Antoinette's brother what he is about, Louis XVI replies, "I am signing my name,"—that is, he had nothing to do except meekly to ratify the measures which the Assembly chose to pass.
[406] By June, 1791, there were four hundred and six of these affiliated clubs.
[407] A committee of the Convention was appointed to draw up a new republican calendar. The year was divided into twelve months of thirty days each. The five days preceding September 22, at the end of the year, were holidays. Each month was divided into three decades, and each "tenth day" (décadi) was a holiday. The days were no longer dedicated to saints, but to agricultural implements, vegetables, domestic animals, etc.