Western Civilization II / Unit 10 WC2 0913 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Constitutional Monarchy With a Property Franchise
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The idea
Liberals wanted constitutional monarchy: a written constitution restricting the king, an elected parliament, and a property-restricted electorate for stability. They gained ground: France's restored monarchy with a parliament, Belgium's liberal monarchy of eighteen thirty, German reforms by the forties, Britain the model.
In practice
Slowly and haltingly liberalized, the anchor's phrase for eighteen fifteen to forty-eight.
Where people slip
Liberal is not democratic; the vote followed property.
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