<P> As civil authority rapidly deteriorated , with random acts of violence and theft breaking out across the country , members of the nobility , fearing for their safety , fled to neighbouring countries ; many of these émigrés , as they were called , funded counter-revolutionary causes within France and urged foreign monarchs to offer military support to a counter-revolution . </P>
<P> As civil authority rapidly deteriorated , with random acts of violence and theft breaking out across the country , members of the nobility , fearing for their safety , fled to neighbouring countries ; many of these émigrés , as they were called , funded counter-revolutionary causes within France and urged foreign monarchs to offer military support to a counter-revolution . </P>
nobles and others who fled france during the early days of the revolution
nobles and others who fled france during the early days of the revolution
émigrés
émigrés