Society of 1789
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| Formation | 1790 |
|---|---|
| Founded at | Palais-Royal |
| Extinction | 1791 |
| Headquarters | Palais-Royal |
Region | France |
| Methods |
Centre-right politics Constitutional monarchy Modérantisme Liberal conservatism |
Society of 1789, or Patriotic Society of 1789 (French: Club de 1789 or Société patriotique de 1789), was a political club of the French Revolution, inaugurated during a festive banquet held at Palais-Royal in May 1790[1] by more moderate elements of the Breton Club.[2] At their height of influence, it was the second most important one after the Jacobin Club.
Among its members were Jean Sylvain Bailly, Mayor of Paris; Marquis de La Fayette, Commander-in-chief of the National Guard (France); François Alexandre Frédéric, duc de la Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, Isaac René Guy le Chapelier, Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau, Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès, Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, and Nicolas de Condorcet.
The club kept an partment in Palais-Royal where subsequent banquets were held. Its members were considered moderate and conservative, and preferred for France to remain a constitutional monarchy in opposition to the republicans.
The popularity of the club eventually decreased the same year as it was founded, and the remaining audience went to form the right-wing Club des Feuillants, founded June 18, 1791.
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References
- ↑ Cabet, Étienne. Histoire populaire de la révolution française de 1789 à 1830, p. 418-421. Pagnet éditeur, Paris, 1839. Consulted 14 November 2014.
- ↑ Becoming a Revolutionary: The Deputies of the French National Assembly and the Emergence of a Revolutionary Culture (1789-1790), Timothy Tackett, p. 277-290. Princeton University Press, 2014, 360 p. ISBN 978-1400864317
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