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Charting the Waters: The Impossible Restoration of 1814 France

Delve into the tumultuous events of the February 1814 restoration period in France, marked by Napoleon's defiance, the introduction of the Charter, and the Bourbon struggle to appease the masses. Explore the intricacies of political power and societal unrest during this pivotal time.

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Charting the Waters: The Impossible Restoration of 1814 France

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  1. The Impossible Restoration?

  2. Feb 1814 Napoleon is offered peace if he accepts 1792 borders – refuses • “My reign will not outlast the day when I have ceased to be strong, and so feared”. • Schroeder suggests Napoleon did not know how to surrender.

  3. Is This Possible or Accurate? “In seeking to relink the chain of time…we have wiped from our memory…all the evils that have afflicted the fatherland during our absence”. - Louis XVIII in preamble to 1814 Charter

  4. What did the Charter Offer? How Liberal is it? Why does it not placate the masses?

  5. 1814 Charter: Good or Bad? • “a concession and a grant…to our subjects, voluntarily and by the free exercise of our royal authority”. • Hugo “they [the Bourbons] resented the 19th Century, they were grudging…the people saw it”.

  6. Initial Problems

  7. Louis’s Reactions

  8. February 1820, Duc de Berry assassinated by Bonapartist Shattered the pro-Liberal movement under Decazes, whose “feet slipped on the blood”, according to Chateaubriand

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