03954nam 2200685 450 991082212480332120230912124319.01-282-86085-297866128608500-7735-7071-310.1515/9780773570719(CKB)1000000000244834(OCoLC)180773111(CaPaEBR)ebrary10119942(SSID)ssj0000277048(PQKBManifestationID)11217993(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000277048(PQKBWorkID)10233263(PQKB)10631005(CaPaEBR)400060(CaBNvSL)gtp00521344(Au-PeEL)EBL3330730(CaPaEBR)ebr10132913(CaONFJC)MIL286085(OCoLC)929120893(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/86vncs(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/1/400060(MiAaPQ)EBC3330730(DE-B1597)656807(DE-B1597)9780773570719(MiAaPQ)EBC3243573(EXLCZ)99100000000024483420040708d2003 uy 0engurcz||||auuu|txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAssassination, politics and miracles France and the Royalist reaction of 1820 /David SkuyMontreal ;Ithaca :McGill-Queen's University Press,[2003]1 online resource (312 pages)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.0-7735-2457-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-298) and index.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 -- IndexThis 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.HISTORY / Europe / FrancebisacshFranceHistoryRestoration, 1814-1830FrancePolitics and government1814-1830FranceKings and rulersSuccessionHISTORY / Europe / France.944.06/1Skuy David1963-1703237MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822124803321Assassination, politics and miracles4088293UNINA