Pierre-Ambroise François Choderlos de Laclos [ Art and Literature / Association ]
… Abstract Laclos embodied all forms of eighteenth-century sociability. He was a Freemason and regular visitor to the clubs and salons of the revolutionary period. Finding his military career unrewarding, he became politically active … frequented the salons of the garrison towns where he was posted as an artilleryman and was a member of the societies and clubs of the revolutionary period. He was also a Freemason . His political activity alongside Louis Philippe II, Duc … its associate members. Above all, Laclos made his mark during the revolutionary period at the popular societies, called ‘clubs’ due to a certain Anglomania at the time, which proliferated in the second half of the century. He was welcomed …
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