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