Europe in 1830 Revolution and Political Change

This book, first published in 1983, is a valuable corrective to the lack of academic research on the events of 1830 – a year of revolutions across the continent of Europe. Social protests and political changes are examined to note the causes of the political turmoil and revolution in 1830, and then the results of the revolutions’ developments are analysed, as general European social, political and diplomatic crises as well as a series of individual outbreaks. The book also turns to comparative study to look at the hows and wherefores of the revolutions, as the dynamics, participants and effects of revolution are examined in turn.

1. Introduction: the Forgotten Revolutions 2. Causes: Preconditions and Precipitants 3. The July Days and Triggers of Revolution 4. A Bird’s-Eye View of Revolution 5. The Swiss Confederation: the ‘Regeneration’ of Cantonal Democracy 6. France: Political Calculation and Social Protest 7. Belgium: the Revolutionary Creation of a Nation 8. Northern Europe: Adaptation Inside Constitutional Monarchies 9. Poland: a Limited War of Liberation 10. The Southern and Eastern Peripheries: the Limits to Pressure from Without 11. Central Italy: Responses to Maladministration 12. The Dynamics of Change 13. Contenders for Power: Social Participation in the Events of 1830 14. The Revolutions and Their Effects 15. Conclusions: the Significance of 1830

Clive H. Church