The Siècle History Podcast

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Fact-Check 1: Learning and Forgetting Dec 01, 2022

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Many people have quoted a famous quip about the Bourbon Restoration, that "The Bourbons have learned nothing and forgotten nothing." While this is a real quote, more or less, almost everything people think they know about it is wrong.

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Episode 31: The Election of 1827 Oct 28, 2022

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"The enemy redoubles his efforts," King Charles X wrote in September 1827, shortly before he dissolved the French parliament in a risky political gambit. "However, I am resolved to act with firmness and wisdom and am entirely confident that in the end we will overcome all obstacles." Did he? Let's find out.

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Supplemental 15: Art Greco Aug 20, 2022

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A Delacroix painting, a Rossini opera and a Dumas novel help demonstrate the profound impact that the Greek War of Independence had on French art and literature.

Visit thesiecle.com/supplemental15 for a full transcript of this episode with notes, illustrations and music.

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Episode 30: Greek-ing Out Jun 20, 2022

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The Greeks go into revolt against the Ottoman Empire — a revolt that fires the imaginations of France and the rest of Europe. The French government reacts with ambivalence, but many French men and women enthusiastically adopt the Greek cause.

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Episode 29: The Doctrinaires May 02, 2022

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A small but crucial group of Restoration politicians were centrist liberals who championed constitutional monarchy against enemies to the right and left. Meet the brilliant and controversial clique who are known to history as the Doctrinaires.

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Supplemental 14: Émigrés Apr 01, 2022

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Thousands of French men and women fled the country during the Revolution. Who were they, what were their lives like in exile — and how did they handle it when they finally came back home?

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Supplemental 13: Scrofula Feb 19, 2022

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I join Benjamin Jacobs from the Wittenberg to Westphalia podcast for a deeper dive into "scrofula," the skin condition whose sufferers Charles X touched at his coronation in a medieval ritual believed to hold the power of healing.

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Supplemental 12: Second Sons Jan 26, 2022

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Professor Jonathan Spangler joins the show to explain the French institution of "Monsieur" and how it shaped French courts over the centuries.

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Episode 28: Charles in Charge Jan 03, 2022

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King Charles X begins his long-awaited reign in a warm glow of popularity, but his honeymoon phase won't last forever as he begins to push a controversial agenda for France.

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Supplemental 11: The Year 1817 Nov 01, 2021

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A famous — or infamous — chapter in Victor Hugo's masterpiece Les Misérables is "The Year 1817," a length recitation of a series of minor events that happened in France in that year. As a special bonus episode, take a dive into that chapter — and see how many of his obscure events you now recognize!

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