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Vonckists Vonckisten (Dutch), Vonckistes (French) | |
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| Leader | Jan Frans Vonck |
| Founded | 1780s |
| Banned | 1790 |
| Split from | Pro aris et focis |
| Succeeded by | Committee of United Belgians and Liégeois |
| Ideology | Liberalism Progressivism Republicanism Belgian nationalism Factions: Centralism Francophilia[1] Anti-clericalism[2] |
| Political position | Left-wing (by the standards of the time) |
The Vonckists (Template:Lang-nl; French: Vonckistes) were a political faction during the Brabant Revolution led by Jan Frans Vonck, opposed to the more conservative "Statists".
History
The group emerged from the secret society Pro aris et focis in the 1780s, and by 1789 had become a distinct faction.[3] The Vonckists called for Belgian independence from the Habsburg monarchy under a popular government along the model seen during the French Revolution. After the proclamation of the United Belgian States in January 1790, the Vonckists were denounced as anticlerical by the Statists and many were hunted down by mobs in what was known as the "Summer Terror".[3] Jan Frans Vonck was forced into exile in France.[3]
After the revolution, some Vonckists fled to France where they formed the Committee of United Belgians and Liégeois, aimed at restoring Belgian independence as well as merging with the Prince-Bishopric of Liège into a single state and collaborated with the French government.[4]
Ideology
As opposed to the conservative Statists, the Vonckists were progressive and liberal, advocating for a government similar to that of the French Republic that was created a few years later. Most Vonckists didn't want to change anything about the status of the Catholic Church, though a small faction was anti-clerical.[5]
Prominent members
- Jan Frans Vonck
- Jean-André van der Mersch
- Jan-Baptist Verlooy
- Jacques Meyer
- Charles-Lambert Doutrepont
See also
References
- ^ Howe, Patricia (2008). Foreign Policy and the French Revolution.
- ^ Judge, Jane. The United States of Belgium.
- ^ a b c Pappas, Dale. "Belgium from Revolution to the War of the Sixth Coalition 1789-1814". www.napoleon-series.org. Retrieved 18 February 2013.
- ^ Howe, Patricia (2008). Foreign Policy and the French Revolution.
- ^ Encarta-encyclopedie Winkler Prins.