Assassination, politics and miracles : France and the Royalist reaction of 1820 / David Skuy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Skuy, David, 1963-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

France--History--Restoration, 1814-1830.

France.

France--Politics and government--1814-1830.

France--Kings and rulers--Succession.

Berry, Charles-Ferdinand de Bourbon, duc de, 1778-1820--Assassination.

Berry, Charles-Ferdinand de Bourbon.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This remarkable story provides the backdrop for David Skuy's analysis of the Royalist Reaction and its place in the history of the French Restoration. Skuy argues that the Royalist Reaction was the product of two divergent forces: historical echoes of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Empire and the psychological consequences of the assassination and the miracle child. Skuy discusses Restoration political theory and the development of modern political parties. He follows the strategems of anti-royalist extremists plotting to overthrow the Bourbon regime, and details the complexities and intrigues that characterized the royal court and parliament. Skuy reveals how the assassination and the birth of the miracle child triggered a popular Royalist Reaction that changed millions of French citizens from passive observers into ardent royalists.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Prologue: The Assassination of the Duke of Berry and the Birth of the Miracle Child

Introduction: Restoration France and the Royalist Reaction of 1820

Seeds of Destruction

The Law: Cracks in the Edifice

Conspiracy: Who Killed the Duke of Berry?

Politics

The Royalist Reaction of 1820

February: The Royalist Reaction Commences

March–April: The Royalist Reaction in Earnest

May–June: The Law of the Double Vote

August–September: Conspiracy and Providence

October–November: Celebrating the Miracle

Postscript: Leap into the Abyss

Appendix One: The Political Background of Isère and Haute-Garonne

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.--University of Toronto, 1997) under the title: The politics of assassination: the death of the Duke of Berry, February 14, 1820, and its aftermath.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-298) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-86085-2

9786612860850

0-7735-7071-3

OCLC:

180773111