French historian and statesman born in Nîmes, who dedicated much of his life to putting into practice his political thinking, of monarchist and conservative tendency. Educated in the rigidity of Calvinism, he studied in Geneva and Paris and gained prestige as a professor of modern history at the University of Paris. He was appointed secretary of the Ministry of the Interior (1814) and later held the secretariat of the Ministry of Justice. His collaboration with the liberal Adolphe Thiers characterized the politics of the so-called French monarchy.
Dismissed from the position of professor (1822), he was reinstated (1828), supported the rise of the monarchy (1830) with Luís Filipe de Orléans and headed different ministries as a representative of the conservatives. He established the principle according to which everyone has the right to education and favored the activity of the upper bourgeoisie.
Foreign Minister (1840-1847), he sought understanding with the United Kingdom, but with the proclamation of the republic (1848) he was exiled and subsequently had no more political influence. He expounded his political ideas in Du gouvernement représentatif et de l'état actuel de la France (1816). He died in Val-Richer and among the historical works he left were Histoire de la civilization en Europe (1828) and Histoire de la civilization en France (1829-1832)
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Order F - Biography - Brazil School
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