Political clubs during the French Revolution [ Politics & Society / Clubs & Societies ]
… politics during the French Revolution, this entry underscores other factors. First, it shows how sociability within the clubs became less ‘civil’, or ‘sociable’, due to the explosion of print and the public airing of the clubs’ … it argues that the state’s institutional weaknesses between 1789 and 1793 created a vacuum that the clubs tried to fill, without, however, having the constitutional legitimacy to do so. The two dynamics produced a toxic politics: while the … Régime , many elites, including leading courtiers, had become members. In the 1780s, a raft of clubs sprang up, many with political leanings. Some served as springboards for future revolutionary careers. 4 Jean-Sylvain Bailly, appointed …
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