Europe in 1830: Revolution and Political Change

225 Pages·2022·15.7 MB·English

by  Clive H. Church

REVOLUTION
Volume 10
EUROPE IN 1830

EUROPE IN 1830
Revolution and Political Change
CLIVE H. CHURCH
First published in 1983 by George Allen & Unwin (Publishers) Ltd
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DOI: 10.4324/9781003227618
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Europe in 1830
Revolution and Political Change
CLIVE H. CHURCH
Senior Lecturer in European Studies
University of Kent at Canterbury
London
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Church, Clive H.
Europe in 1830.
1. Revolutions—Europe—History— 1830-1848
I. Title
940.2'83 D385
ISBN 0-04-940067-3
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Church, Clive H.
Europe in 1830.
Bibliography: p.
Includes index.
1. Europe—Politics and government—1815-1848.
I. Title.
D385.C43 1983 940.2'82 83-11917
ISBN 0-04-940067-3
Set in 10 on 11 point Plantin by V & M Graphics Ltd, Aylesbury, Bucks
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For Hilary and Joanna, and not forgetting Penny, who all
lived through the revolutions in their various ways, in the
hope that they may find this a convincing explanation of
what it was all about
All these were caught in the net of the Doom of the
Noldor; and they did great deeds which the Eldar
remember still among the histories of the Kings of old.
J. R. R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion, p. 148
Contents
Preface page xi
List of Maps xiv
1 Introduction: The Forgotten Revolutions 1
2 Causes: Preconditions and Precipitants 9
3 The July Days and the Triggers of Revolution 26
4 A Bird's-Eye View of Revolution 40
5 The Swiss Confederation: The 'Regeneration' of
Cantonal Democracy 57
6 France: Political Calculation and Social Protest 70
7 Belgium: The Revolutionary Creation of a Nation 79
8 Northern Europe: Adaptation inside Constitutional
Monarchies 95
9 Poland: A Limited War of Liberation 107
10 The Southern and Eastern Peripheries: The Limits
to Pressure from Without 117
11 Central Italy: Responses to Maladministration 127
12 The Dynamics of Change 143
13 Contenders for Power: Social Participation in the
Events of 1830 159
14 The Revolutions and Their Effects 174
15 Conclusions: The Significance of 1830 185
Bibliographical Essay 191
Index 199