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The Cercle Social, the Girondins, and the French Revolution GARY KATES The Cercle Social, the Girondins, and the French Revolution PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS Princeton, New Jersey Copyright O 1985 by Princeton University Press Published by Princeton University Press, 41 William Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540 In the United Kingdom: Princeton University Press, Guildford, Surrey All Rights Reserved Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data will be found on the last printed page of this book ISBN 0-691-05440-1 Publication of this book has been aided by the Paul Mellon Fund at Princeton University Press This book has been composed in Linotron Granjon Clothbound editions of Princeton University Press books are printed on acid-free paper, and binding materials are chosen for strength and durability Printed in the United States of America by Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey The photograph on the title page, an interior view of the Palais Royal, is reprinted courtesy of the Boston Athenaeum For Lucian Marquis Professor of Political Studies, Pitzer College and Werner Warmbrunn Professor of History, Pitzer College teachers, mentors, friends This Cercle Social, for which Brissot chants in sincere timber- tones ... what is it: Unfortunately wind and shadow. Thomas Carlyle Nothing could be more confused than the bibliography of the various pamphlets, periodic or otherwise, of Fauchet, Bonneville, and their group. Alphonse Aulard It is regrettable that no monograph has been devoted to the internal history of the ... Cercle Social.... One would surely find in a study of its membership, and in the discussions that occurred there, precious bits for appreciating the movement of ideas during the first years of the Revolution. Sigismond Lacroix CONTENTS LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS XI ABBREVIATIONS xii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Xlii INTRODUCTION 3 PART I The Origins of the Cercle Social, 1J89-1J90 1. Bonneville, Fauchet and the Paris Municipal Revolution 15 2. The Fauchetins: Advocates of Representative Democracy 39 PART 11 The Confederation des Amis de la Verite, IJ90-IJ91 3. Club Politics and Principles 75 4. Regeneration of Culture 97 5. After Fauchet 129 6. A Club Transformed: Toward a Democratic Republic 153 PART III The Imprimerie du Cercle Social, 1791-1793 7. Overview of a Girondin Press 175 8. An Intellectual Review: The Chronique du mois 195 9. Posters for the Sans-Culottes: Louvet and the Sentinelle 221 10. Daily News: The Bulletin des Amis de la Vmte 245 Epilogue. After the Terror 271
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