Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Bourbons -
Louis' probs? &
groups w/in
Chamber of
Deputies
- Louis
XVII's
problems?
- War weary
country
- 2nd Peace of
Paris - army of
occupation /
indemnities /
'Allied baggage
train'
- New political
structure
(Charter)
- New constit
agreement to
maintain many
rights associated
w/ 1789
- Potential probs -
diff between
'spirit' and
'letter/law' of
Charter
- The middle classes
(pays legal) assumed
Louis stick to demo
spirit of Charter, but
more extreme royalists
wanted Louis to exert
royal power allowed
w/in Charter
- Political opp
- Repubs,
Bonapartists
- Royalist
backlash
(White
Terror)
- Divisions
w/in society
(existence
of two Fr)
- Groups w/in
Chamber of
Deputies
- Independents
(Left)
- Urban
bourgeoisie
- Purchasers
of nat
property
- Former
soldiers
- Libs
- Orleanists
e.g.
Lafayette
- Ultras
(Right)
- Emigres
- Some
Catholic
clergy
- Didn't want return
to ancien regime, but
"alliance of throne &
altar" to reassert
social superiority of
1st & 2nd Ests
- More
royalist
than the
King
- Scorned
the
Charter
- E.g Villele,
Comte d'Artois
(Charles), duc
de Berry
- Constitutionalists
- Largest
grouping in
1815
- Wanted
stable Fr on
basis of 1814
Charter
- Had backing of
many
bourgeoisie
(pays legal) in
early years
- Support
dwindled
from 1817+
- E.g.
Richelieu,
Decazes