Bonapartism and Revolutionary Tradition in France: The Fédérés of 1815
Cambridge University Press, 5/2/1991
EAN 9780521361125, ISBN10: 0521361125
Hardcover, 328 pages, 23.6 x 16 x 2.5 cm
Language: English
Bonapartism and Revolutionary Tradition in France is a study of the personnel, organisation and activities of the Fédérés, the massive paramilitary political associations that supported Napoleon during the Hundred Days. In tracing federe backgrounds the author demonstrates that the federations were politically and socially heterogeneous - composed of old revolutionaries, Bonapartists and future Liberals, and drawn from both the lower and middle classes. Analysis of Fédéré literature and symbolism reveals the common ground of ideology and self-interest that enabled these diverse groups to unite in opposition to Bourbon rule, and thereby reverse the process of fragmentation that had beset the Revolutionary movement since 1789. Discussion of relations between the Imperial government and the Fédérés explains why Bonaparte encouraged this development, despite his realisation that old Jacobins dominated the associations of 1815.
List of tables
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Introduction
1. Origins and development of the federative movement
2. Organisation and official role of the federations
3. The federative movement in general
social and political characteristics
4. The fédérés of Rennes during the Hundred Days
5. The fédérés of Rennes during the Second Restoration
6. The fédérés of Dijon during the Hundred Days
7. The fédérés of Dijon during the Second Restoration
8. The fédérés of Paris during the Hundred Days
9. The fédérés of Paris after the Hundred Days
10. The fate of the fédérés - White Terror
11. Fédérés and opposition to the Bourbon Monarchy during the Second Restoration
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index.