ID: 901000300 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000300	Record Type: Literature

	French Constitution of 1791 (legal document, France, 1791)

Note: The first, but short-lived, written constitution of France, dating to the time after the collapse of the monarchy and Ancien Régime. French constitution created by the National Assembly during the French Revolution. It retained the monarchy, but sovereignty effectively resided in the Legislative Assembly, which was elected by a system of indirect voting. The franchise was restricted to “active” citizens who paid a minimal sum in taxes; about two-thirds of adult men had the right to vote for electors and to choose certain local officials directly. The constitution lasted less than a year.

Display Date: 1791

Names:

	French Constitution of 1791 (legal document, France, 1791) (preferred,English-P,D,P)
	Constitution of 1791 (legal document, France, 1791) (English,U,N)

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		Literature and Performing Arts (P)
		....<Named written and performed works> (P)
		........<Literary works: Legal, Political, Governmental documents> (P)
		............French Constitution of 1791 (legal document, France, 1791) (I)

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	role/characteristic is .... constitution
	.....(administrative records, records by form or function, records (documents), documents by function, document genres, information forms (objects), Information Forms (hierarchy name), Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	located in .... France
	.....(Europe) (TGN)

	culture/religion is .... French (culture or style)
	.....(European regions, European, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	French Constitution of 1791 (legal document, France, 1791)
	................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
	Constitution of 1791 (legal document, France, 1791)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Source for image https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Constitution_of_1791#/media/File:Constitution_de_1791._Page_1_-_Archives_Nationales_-_AE-I-10-1.jpg
	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) French Constitution of 1791