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French Revolution
Many French revolutionaries were Freemasons, including Voltaire, Condorcet, Mirabeau, Danton, the Duke of Orleans and Robespierre

In many parts of France the Jacobin clubs were continuances of Masonic lodges from the Ancien Regime.

The Catholic Encyclopedia alleges that the Masonic book "La Franc-Maçonnerie, écrasée" in 1746 predicted the program of the French Revolution and claims to quote documents of the Grand Orient of France where Freemasonry claims credit for the French Revolution. However the New Catholic Encyclopedia of 1967 says that modern historians see Freemasonry's role in the French Revolution is exaggerated.