Louis XVI and the French Revolution, 1789-́أ1792

The Experience, And Failure, Of Louis Xvi's Short-lived Constitutional Monarchy Of 1789-1792 Deeply Influenced The Politics And Course Of The French Revolution. The Dramatic Breakdown Of The Political Settlement Of 1789 Steered The French State Into The Decidedly Stormy Waters Of Political Terror And Warfare On An Almost Global Scale. This Book Explores How The Symbolic And Political Practices Which Underpinned Traditional Bourbon Kingship Ultimately Succumbed To The Radical Challenge Posed By The Revolution's New 'proto-republican' Culture. While Most Previous Studies Have Focused On Louis Xvi's Real And Imagined Foreign Counterrevolutionary Plots, Ambrogio A. Caiani Examines The King's Hitherto Neglected Domestic Activities In Paris. Drawing On Previously Unexplored Archival Source Material, Caiani Provides An Alternative Reading Of Louis Xvi In This Period, Arguing That The Monarch's Symbolic Behaviour And The Organisation Of His Daily Activities And Personal Household Were Essential Factors In The People's Increasing Alienation From The Newly Established Constitutional Monarchy-- Machine Generated Contents Note: Introduction: Louis Xvi, A Constitutional Monarch?; Part I. Inventing A Constitutional Monarchy: 1. The Maison Du Roi At The Twilight Of The Ancien Régime; 2. The Liste Civile, The New Monarchy, Sieyès And The Constitution; 3. The Court Of The Tuileries 1789-1792; Part Ii. Reform And Survival Of The Ancien Régime: 4. The Royal Guard During The French Revolution; 5. Court Presentations And The French Revolution; 6. The Age Of Chivalry Is Gone?; 7. Louis Xvi's Chapel During The French Revolution; Conclusion; Bibliography. Dr. Ambrogio A. Caiani. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 225-245) And Index. Cover 1 Louis XVI and the French Revolution, 1789–1792 3 Title 5 Copyright 6 Dedication 7 Contents 9 Illustrations 10 Tables 11 Acknowledgements 12 Note on translations 14 Abbreviations 15 Introduction: Louis XVI, a constitutional monarch? 17 ‘He that you call a king, we call a tyrant’ 17 The French Revolution and the constitutional court 26 ‘The Assembly decrees that all of these papers shall be burnt’ 37 Part I Inventing a Constitutional Monarchy 43 1 The Maison du Roi at the twilight of the ancien régime 45 Confrontations 45 The Grand Master of Ceremonies 51 The individual 51 The institution 52 Heralds 57 Introducteur des Ambassadeurs 62 The hidden apparatus of Bourbon splendour 65 2 The liste civile: the new monarchy, sieye's and the Constitution 72 The civil list in eighteenth-century French thought 72 The creation of the liste civile 78 Sieyès: ‘Qu’est que c’est le Roi?’ 87 The administration of the liste civile 93 The majesty of the national throne 96 3 The court of the Tuileries, 1789–1792 99 Routine and Revolution 99 The Corps diplomatique and the palace of the Tuileries 103 The question of access 116 The constitutional lever and coucher 118 The fat bourgeois 122 The Constitution and question of the deux battants 126 Part II Reform and survival of the ancien régime 131 4 The Royal Guard during the French Revolution 133 5 Court presentations and the French Revolution 149 Distinction and equality 149 The changing nature of the Honneurs: genealogy vs the public 152 Presentation as a ritual 159 The end of the Honneurs de la Cour 167 6 The age of chivalry is gone? 176 The renewal of the royal Orders of Chivalry in ancien régime France 176 Ordre de Saint-Louis 187 Ordre de Saint-Michel 193 Ordre du Saint-Esprit 197 7 Louis XVI’s chapel during the French Revolution 208 Sacred monarchy 208 The royal chapel and its historians 213 The chapel and the Revolution 218 Conclusion 237 Bibliography 241 MANUSCRIPTS SOURCES 241 FRANCE 241 ITALY 243 UNITED KINGDOM 244 PRINTED PRIMARY SOURCES 244 NEWSPAPERS 248 SECONDARY WORKS 249 UNPUBLISHED DISSERTATIONS 262 Index 264 "The experience, and failure, of Louis XVI's short-lived constitutional monarchy of 1789-1792 deeply influenced the politics and course of the French Revolution. The dramatic breakdown of the political settlement of 1789 steered the French state into the decidedly stormy waters of political terror and warfare on an almost global scale. This book explores how the symbolic and political practices which underpinned traditional Bourbon kingship ultimately succumbed to the radical challenge posed by the Revolution's new 'proto-republican' culture. While most previous studies have focused on Louis XVI's real and imagined foreign counterrevolutionary plots, Ambrogio A. Caiani examines the king's hitherto neglected domestic activities in Paris. Drawing on previously unexplored archival source material, Caiani provides an alternative reading of Louis XVI in this period, arguing that the monarch's symbolic behaviour and the organisation of his daily activities and personal household were essential factors in the people's increasing alienation from the newly established constitutional monarchy"-- Provided by publisher This reassessment of Louis XVI's short-lived constitutional monarchy of 1789-92 examines the king's hitherto neglected domestic activities in Paris in this period. Ambrogio A. Caiani argues that the monarch's symbolic behaviour and the organisation of his daily activities and household were essential factors in his increasing alienation from the people.