Revolution Society

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Revolution Society
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The London Revolution Society was formed 1788, ostensibly to commemorate the

Jacobinism.[1]

Many of the members of the London Revolution Society were also members of the

Jacobin Club.[5] The Society continued its activities in 1790–1792 but after 1792 the radical momentum shifted from the London Revolution Society back to the SCI and the London Corresponding Society (LCS)[6] The LCS was arguably the most influential and the longest-surviving of the societies.[7]

The London Revolution Society last met in 1792, as most of these societies went inactive after the conservative reaction in 1792–1794, when, following local sedition trials in 1792 and 1793, William Pitt the Younger initiated the 1794 Treason Trials, followed by the Seditious Meetings Act 1795.

References

  1. ISBN 9781134982707
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  2. ^ Daniel E. White Early Romanticism and religious dissent p214
  3. ^ Ronalds, B.F. (February 2018). "Peter Finch Martineau and his Son". The Martineau Society Newsletter. 41: 10–19.
  4. ^ An abstract of the history and proceedings of the Revolution Society London, England 1789 "At a Meeting of the Committee of the Revolution Society, Friday 19th Dec 1788, at the London Tavern. ... who shall be desirous of being admitted a Member of this Society, shall be sent to the Secretary, signed by two Members."
  5. S2CID 144331749
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  6. ^ Daniel E. White "After 1792 the source of oppositionist discourse shifted from the London Revolution Society to the LCS and SCI."
  7. ^ Gregory Fremont-Barnes Encyclopedia of the Age of Political Revolutions and New ... 2007 Page 423 "The London Corresponding Society was to be the most influential and the longest-surviving radical society in Britain in the 1790s"

See also

  • Radicalism (historical)
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