ABSTRACT
ThehabituesofthePalaiswere,inaway,theoriginal"people"of revolutionaryrhetoric;andthemobthatassembledthereperiodically, themodelforrevolutionarymobilization.ByearlyAugust,policewere comingfromothersectionsofthecitytodealwiththedisorders reigninginthePalais-Royalandthedangersthatcouldresultfrom them.7IfthePalais-Royalwasnotyetunifiedbehindtherepublicanism ofDesmoulins,itechoedtheAnglophiliaoftheDukeofOrleansinhailingtheeventsinFranceas"cetteglorieuseRevolution."sPetitionsagainst aroyalvetowerecarriedtotheassemblyinVersaillesfromthe"citizens assembledinthePalais-Royal,"9whoconstitutedthemselvesasakind ofinformalvoiceofrevolutionaryauthorityinthecity.Songsinpraise ofthesoldierssaidtohaverefusedorderstofireonthepeoplewereimprovised"inthenameofthecitizensofthePalais-Royal."lo"Lackinga King,ParisfoundachiefinthePalais-Royal."11
