Political clubs during the French Revolution [ Politics & Society / Clubs & Societies ]
… focusing especially on the Jacobin Club. It explores the reasons why the clubs strayed from their initial ideals of civil debate and succumbed to lethal factionalism. After reviewing historiographical debates, which portray the clubs … legitimacy to do so, however, the clubs were accused of undermining and usurping state power. Practices > Politics & Society Places > Clubs & Societies Keywords Clubs Crime Debate Democracy French Revolution Gender Law Politics … clubs are known to historians, their impact on politics is debated. Their initial ideal of offering a space for civil debate and consensus-building gave way, by 1792, to splits, denunciations and purges. The pessimistic explanation …
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