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1815-1830: Guizot under the Restoration

Pierre-Paul Royer-Collard

In the first governments of the Restoration, he was successively Secretary General of the Ministry of Justice, a member of the Council of State and Director of Departmental and Municipal administration in the Ministry of the Interior. From 1817, with Royer-Collard and other political friends, he formed the small “Doctrinaires” group, supporting a liberal interpretation […]

Duke Victor de Broglie

Duc de Broglie

In his will dated June 19, 1839 Duke Victor de Broglie wrote of his links with François Guizot: “I consider our long friendship as one of the most precious gifts that God has given me”, which was the greatest expression of emotion that this very reserved personality was capable of. Their friendship, already of some […]