Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen 1789, 1791
Channel: Age of Enlightenment
Date: 2016-12-16

Declarations of Rights of Man and Citizen is a short document consisting of a preamble and then 17 articles. It was very influential in France and Germany and ultimately across Europe and the Americas. This is a reading of the preamble and articles read from the source below.

Source:
The constitutions and other select documents illustrative of the history of France, 1789-1907 by Anderson, Frank Maloy, 1871-1961
https://archive.org/stream/constitutionsoth01ande#page/58/mode/2up