Chambre introuvable
The Chambre introuvable (
History
The elections held on 14 August 1815, under
The "Unobtainable Chamber", which was first assembled on 7 October 1815, was characterized by its zeal in favour of the
Louis XVIII, confronted with rising discontent in French society, followed the counsels of a group of figures including the liberal leader
The subsequent elections resulted in the Ultras being temporarily replaced by the moderate royalist Ministériels and the more liberal Doctrinaires, who attempted to reconcile the Revolution's legacy with the monarchy.[6][7]
When the Ultra-royalists regained their parliamentary majority at the elections of February–March 1824, the resulting chamber was dubbed the Chambre retrouvée, the "Recovered Chamber", in reference to the Chambre introuvable.[8][9]
See also
- France in the nineteenth century
- Bourbon Restoration
- Cavalier Parliament
References
Bibliography
- Alexander, Robert (2003). Re-Writing the French Revolutionary Tradition: Liberal Opposition and the Fall of the Bourbon Monarchy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-80122-2.
- Bury, J. P. T. (2003) [1949]. France, 1814–1940 (6th ed.). London: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-31600-6.
- Evans, Martin; Godin, Emmanuel (2014) [2004]. France Since 1815 (2nd ed.). Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-73380-9.
- Hudson, Nora E. (1936). Ultra-Royalism and the French Restoration. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Skuy, David (2003). Assassination, Politics, and Miracles: France and the Royalist Reaction of 1820. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press. ISBN 0-7735-2457-6.
Further reading
- Brown, Nicholette F. (1969). Ultra-Royalist Deputies in the Chambre introuvable, 1815–1816 (PhD thesis). Duke University.
- Corciulo, Maria Sofia (1983). "Les élections à la Chambre introuvable en août 1815". Parliaments, Estates and Representation (in French). 3 (2): 123–134. .
- Corciulo, Maria Sofia (2000). "La dissolution de la 'Chambre Introuvable' (5 septembre 1816): coup d'état de Louis XVIII?". Parliaments, Estates and Representation (in French). 20 (1): 167–175. S2CID 144649560.
- Jones, Rhys (2016). "1816 and the Resumption of «Ordinary History»". Journal of Modern European History. 4 (1): 119–142. S2CID 151862998.