Abolition of Torture in France
- When
- 1780
- Where
- Paris (claimed in legacy row only)
- Episodes
- 1
The supplied passages do not document Louis XVI's abolition of torture for extracting confessions on 24 August 1780 in Paris. The retrieved material covers his biography, accession, family, and the American war, but no passage supports the abolition itself, so the episode is recorded as unresolved pending better sources.
Episodes
Background and detail
Background. Louis XVI (Louis-Auguste; 23 August 1754 – 21 January 1793) was the last king of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution. He became King of France and Navarre on his grandfather's death on 10 May 1774 and reigned until the monarchy's abolition on 21 September 1792.
Reign Context Around 1780. By 1780 Louis XVI was engaged in the American Revolutionary War, sending Rochambeau and de Grasse with large land and naval forces to aid the Americans; the expeditionary force arrived in North America in July 1780. No retrieved passage mentions judicial torture or its abolition.
Assessment of the Claimed Abolition. The legacy row asserts that Louis XVI abolished the use of torture in extracting confessions on 24 August 1780 in Paris. None of the supplied passages states this date, location, or measure. The claim therefore cannot be confirmed from the retrieved evidence and is left unresolved rather than asserted.
People involved
- Louis XVI · King of France and Navarre (1774–1792); alleged author of the abolition, unsupported by supplied passages
Sources
- Louis XVI Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-26
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