# Women’s March on Versailles (1789)

URL: https://history-france.com/timeline/1789-women-s-march-on-versailles
Location: Versailles to Paris
Categories: main-event

Crowds forced the royal family to relocate to Paris under closer public scrutiny. Within the broader French Revolution period, The Revolution dismantled legal privilege and absolute monarchy, declared new rights and created a republic. War, popular mobilization, civil conflict and political terror repeatedly transformed the revolutionary state. At this point in the timeline, the relevant governing authority is Louis XVI (King of France). Women’s March on Versailles mattered because collective action and political conflict altered the relationship between society and governing authority. The event is positioned here so visitors can read it alongside changes in government, warfare, society, religion, culture and France’s wider international setting.

## Why it matters
Women’s March on Versailles mattered because collective action and political conflict altered the relationship between society and governing authority.

Ruler at the time: [Louis XVI](https://history-france.com/rulers/louis-xvi)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — Women’s March on Versailles](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Women%E2%80%99s+March+on+Versailles&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Women’s March on Versailles](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Women%E2%80%99s+March+on+Versailles)
- [Vie-publique — French institutions and history](https://www.vie-publique.fr/)