Political clubs during the French Revolution [ Politics & Society / Clubs & Societies ]
… Revolution and became a principal driver of regime change. In Paris and the provinces, the clubs offered a sociable space to organise political activity during a tumultuous period of constitutional transformation. They served multiple … political 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 … Kennedy, The Jacobin Clubs in the French Revolution: 1793-1795 (New York: Berghahn Press, 2000) and Raymonde Monnier, L'espace public démocratique: essai sur l'opinion public à Paris de la Révolution au Directoire (Paris: Kimé, 1994). 3 . …
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