Political clubs during the French Revolution [ Politics & Society / Clubs & Societies ]
… Practices > Politics & Society Places > Clubs & Societies Keywords Clubs Crime Debate Democracy French Revolution Gender Law Politics Sovereignty State Violence Political clubs proliferated in France during the French Revolution and became a … crime, but the charge was so inflated that the courts rarely convicted for it). Nor did the National Assembly pass laws against intentional disinformation, such as the false rumour spread by royalists that the Jacobins were planning to … within the clubs, that the state finally stepped in with legislation to address the issue in 1793. The stridency of its laws against ‘calumny’ reflected the frustrations and grievances that had built up since 1789. The Law of Suspects of …
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