Pierre-Ambroise François Choderlos de Laclos [ Art and Literature / Association ]
… in Grenoble, but it was his membership of the prestigious cosmopolitan La Candeur lodge that brought him into contact with the Duc d’Orléans. The Duc was grand master of the Grand Orient de France , and Laclos served him from January 1789 … the French Revolution, and the Palais-Royal became not just his headquarters but also a leading social space. Freemasons with reformist ideas inspired by the Revolution would use the Palais-Royal as their meeting place. It is also where … as founder and editor of the Journal des Amis de la Constitution . Following the Champs-de-Mars massacre, however, he withdrew his membership from the club without resigning. 2 . Pierre-Yves Beaurepaire, Franc-maçonnerie et sociabilité. …
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