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Louis Philippe

Louis Philippe. www.educationforum.co.uk. Start of His Reign. LP’s supporters (the grande bourgeoisie) did a number of things to gain popularity for his regime at the start He was not to be named Louis XIX to disassociate him from the Bourbons

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Louis Philippe

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  1. Louis Philippe www.educationforum.co.uk

  2. Start of His Reign • LP’s supporters (the grande bourgeoisie) did a number of things to gain popularity for his regime at the start • He was not to be named Louis XIX to disassociate him from the Bourbons • He was ‘King of the French by the will of the people’ not King of France – suggesting he was a constitutional not divine right monarch • He adopted the revolutionary tricolour flag not the white flag of the bourbons How significant do you think these changes were?

  3. Constitutional Change • King could no longer rule by ordinance and could not suspend laws alone • Assembly could now propose laws not just the King • Hereditary peers in Chamber of Peers abolished – now just life peers • Tax qualification to be a deputy (MP) lowered to 500 Francs and age limit reduced to 30 • Tax qualification for voting lowered to 200 Francs – doubled the electorate but still only 200,000 out of 35 million • National Guard reinstated in Paris • Press censorship abolished • Roman Catholicism no longer official religion now just ‘the religion of the majority’ How significant do you think these changes were?

  4. A Middle Class Monarchy? • All changes benefited the higher ranks of the bourgeoisie who both disliked absolutism but fear democracy and republicanism • Louis Philippe was a monarch with middle class habits – cooked for himself, lived relatively simply, dressed like a bourgeois not a King – wore a top hat and carried an umbrella “Despotism had moved from Chateau to Stock Exchange” Is this a fair assessment?

  5. Group Tasks • Group A: Describe the Foreign Policy of Louis Philippe – include the Belgian Revolt, Treaty of London, Guizot and the Entente with Britain, 1846 Spanish marriages and impact on relations with Britain. Evaluate whether LP’s foreign policy was successful • Group B: Describe the Domestic Policy of Louis Philippe – include Guizot and laissez faire, education policy, demands for parliamentary reform, rise of socialism and Bonapartism, Reform Banquets • Evaluate whether it was domestic policy which sealed the fate of LP

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