In France, liberal politicians hold the first in a series of constitutional reform "banquets"
In France, liberal politicians hold the first in a series of constitutional reform "banquets," so called to distinguish these private social gatherings from the more explicitly political meetings of radical republicans and socialists. (By Brian Bockelman)
Source Citation
John J. Baughman, "The French Banquet Campaign of 1847-48," Journal of Modern History 31, no. 1 (March 1959): 2.