This book offers a ground-breaking approach to royalism and popular politics in Europe and the Americas during the Age of Revolutions. It shows how royalist and counterrevolutionary movements did not propose a mere return to the past, but rather introduced an innovative way of addressing the demands and expectations of various social groups. Ordinary people were involved in the war and adapted the traditional imaginary of the monarchy to craft new models of political participation. This edited collection brings together scholars from France, Spain, Norway, and Mexico, to provide a transatlantic comparative perspective. It is a must-read for scholars and students looking to discover the lesser-known side of the Age of Revolutions, and the motivations of those who fought in the name of the king.

Shows how royalist movements provided an alternative path of politicization during the Age of Revolutions Explores how ordinary people engaged in politics and played a major role in the war, giving rise to popular royalism Connects both sides of the Atlantic to understand the supporters of the monarchy in comparative perspective

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Andoni Artola is Assistant Professor at the University of the Basque Country, Spain. Álvaro París is Assistant Professor at the University of Salamanca, Spain

Inhalt
1.Introduction.- Part I Royalism and Royalists in Transnational Perspective: Comparative Approaches from the Mediterranean to the Atlantic.- 2. Royalist Commitment in the Age of the Atlantic Revolutions (1770s1820s): Some Initial Definitions and Guidelines for Future Research.- 3. Popular Royalism in Scandinavia and Spanish America Before 1814.- 4. King, War and Bread: Popular Royalism in Southern Europe (17891830).- 5. Spanish Royalism in a European Perspective (182023).- Part II Dynamics of Royalist Mobilization: War, Patronage Networks and Community.- 6. Counterrevolutionaries? Underground Struggles and Gender Relations During the French Revolution (Brittany, 179399).- 7. Militias and Popular Royalism During the War of Independence of New Spain.- 8. Between Discipline and Rebellion: Popular Participation in Basque Royalism (181433).- 9. Revolts, Brigandage and Popular Royalism in Southern Italy in the Aftermath of National Unification.- Part III Visions of the Royalist People:Discursive Construction of Reactionary Mass Politics.- 10. 'The True Language of the Spanish People' and Discourses of Early Ecclesiastical Antiliberalism.- 11. A Kingdom of This World: Ultramontanism and the Mobilization of the Masses During the Papacy of Pius IX (184678).- 12. A Kingless People is a Dangerous Crowd: An Examination of French Far-right Demophobia in Pierre Gaxotte's La révolution française (1928).- 13. Epilogue: Emancipation and Popular PoliticsAn Aporia of Liberalism.-