Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Cont probs during
1815 - 20 & why the
nature of regime
changed after 1820
- Cont probs
during 1815
- 20
- Chambre
Introvable
(unobtainable
chamber)
- Radicalisation of
politics to Left /
Right from 1817 e/
increase in no of
Bonapartists, Libs &
Ultras
- Ministry
resigned in
Dec 1818 due
to splits
- Decazes (From
1818) struggled to
gain support of
both Chamber of
Deps & Chamber of
Peers
- Louis had increase no of Peers 208 to 270 1819 - include more Bonapartists to ensure support for Decazes
- Decazes criticised
both by Left & Right
despite King's desire
to steer a middle
path
- After murder of Duc
de Berry (Feb 1820)
King forced "to his
bitter grief" to sack
Decazes his "dear
friend" ("mons fils")
- Why did the
nature of the
regime change
after 1820?
- Rising no of Libs &
Bonapartists in
Chamber of Deps
(from 25 in 1817 to
90 in 1819)
- Led to
collapse of
the centre
ground
- Constits tended
to decide whether
to support Left /
Right
(radicalisation)
- Assassination
of Duc de
Berry (18 Feb
1820)
- Public outcry,
Decazes
removed,
Richelieu
recalled
- Louis' age &
physical
deterioration -
increased role of
the Comte d'Artois
(Charles)