FEUILLANTS CLUB


Meaning of FEUILLANTS CLUB in English

Conservative French political club in the French Revolution , which met in the former monastery of the Feuillants (Reformed Cistercians) in Paris.

It was founded in 1791 by deputies who left the Jacobin Club in opposition to a petition calling for the replacement of the king. The Feuillants feared that radicalization of the Revolution would lead to destruction of the monarchy and private property. The club represented a substantial group in the Legislative Assembly, but it disappeared when the insurrection of 1792 overthrew the monarchy.

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