Bastille Day Dinners in Scotland and Festivals in France: Transnational Relations or Monologues in the 1790s?

In the 1790s, Scotsmen were involved in celebrations of French Revolution both Scotland and France. How far did those men, stemming mainly from elites, manage to relate with French? The article examines Bastille Day dinners given 1790 1792, international festivals organized by Jacobins harbour cities as well Thomas Muir’s welcome reception held Bordeaux 1797. Though look very dissimilar, each case question foreigner was raised; guests pledged friendship peace foreigners, but tended idealize foreigners incarnations nations or revolutionary principles, rather than engage at a personal, concrete level them.