Post by cornelis on Aug 25, 2016 13:32:19 GMT
Napoléon had come to his senses in 1815. When he came back in power, he amended the Constitution in a quite liberal sense, breaking with his previous authoritarian regime.
The compromise includes, of course, Napoléon's demise. For the British, the man himself is gone without the need to reconquer France, France keeps his Vienna 1814 borders, but Napoléon II is on the throne rather than Louis XVIII. Other than the "legitimacy" of the Bourbons, no one at the time really thought that Louis and especially Charles were a wise choice of leaders... The Bourbons heirs (Angoulême and Berry) were catastrophic timebombs.
The compromise includes, of course, Napoléon's demise. For the British, the man himself is gone without the need to reconquer France, France keeps his Vienna 1814 borders, but Napoléon II is on the throne rather than Louis XVIII. Other than the "legitimacy" of the Bourbons, no one at the time really thought that Louis and especially Charles were a wise choice of leaders... The Bourbons heirs (Angoulême and Berry) were catastrophic timebombs.