The Constitutional Monarchy in France, 1814-48

SEMINAR STUDIES IN HISTORY
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         Teaching HistoryHistorians in France assume that the restoration of Monarchy after the defeat of Napoleon was doomed.This book reveals that, although the French experimented with two Monarchies and a Republic (1814 - 48), there was substantial stability. The Institutional framework constructed during the Revolutionary years (1789 - 1814) remained intact, and the ruling elites retained basic control.The book has three main sections:Section One:  An account of main events and ideas - assuming no previous knowledge.
Section Two: Extracts from diaries, memoirs, novels and cartoons - exploring the events through the eyes of people that were there.
Section Three: A bibliography, cross-referenced in Section One, to encourage further reading.This is the first compact recent history of the period in English. It will encourage students to think and research critically as they begin to understand how historians create their version of events.Dr Pamela Pilbeam is Professor of French History at Royal Holloway College, The University of London.