THE REWARD WEAPONS FOR VETERANS OF THE ARMIES OF THE WEST by Pierre GRÉAU and Pierre LEROY

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REWARD WEAPONS FOR VETERANS OF THE ARMIES OF THE WEST
By Pierre GRÉAU and Pierre LEROY

Echoing the claims of François-René de Chateaubriand, the famous polemicist and legitimist Jacques Crétineau-Joly pointed out the ingratitude of the Bourbons towards the Vendéens. And yet...

Barely installed on the throne, the Count of Provence who became Louis XVIII established as early as May 31, 1814, prefectural commissions tasked with examining the rights of wounded veterans and widows. Among other things, the commissions proposed to grant weapons of war bestowed in the name of the king with inscriptions. The return of Napoleon delayed the implementation of the measures by two years. The beneficiaries of swords, sabers, and rifles, identified in 1816, had to wait until August 24, 1824, to receive them. It was just in time as Louis XVIII passed away the following month.

The advent of the Count of Artois who became Charles X was a prosperous period for the Vendéens and the Chouans. The work of the commissions in 1824 and 1827 was expanded to include orphans and all those who had their property confiscated or devastated, even if they had not taken up arms. The sums allocated to the War budget increased from 250,000 to 700,000 francs.

The Revolution of 1830 brought Louis-Philippe d'Orléans to power, the King of the French who rejected the fleur-de-lis. Pensions were reduced and then abolished after the uprising of the Duchess of Berry in 1832. Monuments erected in honor of the Vendéen generals were mutilated or destroyed. The Arc de Triomphe bore the names of the perpetrators of the Vendée. Worse still, the conquerors of the Bastille were listed to be rewarded.

This book aims to shed light on the situation.

21 x 29.7 cm
272 pages.

Editions La Chouette de Vendée

Reference : 979-10-92338-15-7

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