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Monarchist Club Club monarchique | |
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| President | Jean Joseph Mounier (1789) Pierre Victor, baron Malouet (1789–1791) |
| Founded | 1 December 1789 |
| Dissolved | 18 June 1791 |
| Merged into | Feuillants Club |
| Headquarters | 8, rue de la Michodière, Paris |
| Ideology | Constitutional monarchism Conservatism[1] Conservative liberalism Moderatism |
| Political position | Centre[2][3] |
| Colours | Blue White (monarchy's colours) |
The Friends of the Monarchist Constitution (French: Amis de la Constitution Monarchique), commonly known as the Monarchist Club (French: Club monarchique) or the Monarchiens, were one of the revolutionary factions in the earliest stages of the French Revolution. The Monarchiens were briefly a centrist stabilising force criticized by the left-wing of the National Constituent Assembly, the spectators in the galleries and the patriotic press. Established in August 1789, the Monarchist Club was quickly swept away. Specifically, the brief movement developed when the Revolution was shifting away from the Ancien Régime during the Spring of 1789 and was defeated by the end of 1789. Subsequently, the term itself is usually derogatory.
- ^ Jonathan Israel, ed. (2015). Revolutionary Ideas: An Intellectual History of the French Revolution from The Rights of Man to Robespierre. Princeton University Press. p. 108.
... many joining the more conservative Club Monarchique, which adroitly circumvented the difficulties undermining the ...
- ^ Harsanyi, Doina Pasca (2010). Lessons from America: Liberal French Nobles in Exile, 1793-1798. Penn State Press. p. 36.
- ^ Crăiuțu, Aurelian (2012). A Virtue for Courageous Minds: Moderation in French Political Thought, 1748-1830. Princeton University Press. p. 248.