1. What does the term
2. What does the "rupture of 1789" primarily describe in political and legal terms?
3. Which setting is best described as a place where elites mixed, debated ideas, and often criticized the system while remaining monarchists?
Subjectus — definition?
Legal person defined by submission to order.
Citoyen — role?
Rights-bearing individual after 1789, privileges abolished.
Sovereignty of the people — concept?
Political authority derives from the nation.
Rupture of 1789 — significance?
Shift from privilege-based society to individual legal order.
Sociability salons — purpose?
Elites discuss and critique system, remain monarchists.
Sociétés de pensée — function?
Organized debate venues like cafés and academies.
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