July monarchy

July monarchy, In French history, the reign of Louis-Philippe (1830–48), brought about by the July Revolution. Also known as the “bourgeois monarchy,” the new regime rested on a broad social base centred on the wealthy bourgeoisie. Two factions emerged in the Chamber of Deputies: the centre-right faction, led by Francois Guizot, shared the king’s political doctrines; and the centre-left faction, led by Adolphe Thiers, favoured restricting the king’s role. The 1830s were politically unstable, marked...