De l'héritage politique napoléonien à la formulation du césarisme démocratique (1814-1848)
in French Politics, Culture & Society
Author: Walter Bruyère-Ostells
https://doi.org/10.3167/fpcs.2013.310201
BONAPARTISM; LIBERAL AND NATIONAL ACTIONS; NAPOLEON III; POLITICAL CULTURE; RESTORATION
Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte theorized Napoleonic Caesarism between 1832 and 1844, although he was only a child at the fall of the First Empire. He took into account the embedding of Napoleonic supporters in the broad-ranging Liberal party during the Restoration. Through personal relationships, he was particularly influenced by officers who bent the First Empire's doctrine towards liberalism during the Hundred Days and who engaged in national and liberal actions. In this respect, the fight for the unification of Italy was paramount. The new social networks (secret societies) and the events he himself took part in (such as central Italy's revolution of 1831) particularly inspired him. By taking up weapons, moreover, he appropriated the image of being his uncle's legitimate heir. That is why two generations of officers, including Italian officers, must be considered as transmitters of an inheritance that Louis Napoleon used to reflect on his Napoleonic legacy.
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