How did the Bourbon Restoration resemble some of Joseph de Maistre’s ideas?

The Bourbon Restoration (1814–1830) mirrored the reactionary political philosophy of Joseph de Maistre through its attempt to revive the ancien régime and reestablish the traditional authority of the "Throne and altar."1

Maistre, a staunch critic of the French Revolution, argued that human beings are inherently prone to disorder and require the strict control of absolute monarchy and the church to maintain social stability. His program explicitly called for the restoration of a hereditary, religious monarchy to counter the liberal and empirical ideas of the Enlightenment.21

During the reign of Charles X, the French government implemented reactionary policies that aligned with Maistre’s vision of a society governed by a traditional elite. However, while the Bourbon Restoration sought to implement this modified version of traditional authority, the regime ultimately failed to suppress the opposition, leading to the July Revolution in 1830. Unlike the evolutionary approach of Edmund Burke, Maistre’s rigid, counterrevolutionary stance remains categorized as reactionary rather than traditionally conservative.21