Franco-British Diplomatic Relations Transformed?: The Socio-Political Impact of the Émigrés’ Presence in Britain

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dc.contributor.authorGuenette, Salam
dc.contributor.supervisorAlexander, R. S.
dc.date.accessioned2013-08-19T17:38:23Z
dc.date.available2013-08-19T17:38:23Z
dc.date.copyright2013en_US
dc.date.issued2013-08-19
dc.degree.departmentDept. of Historyen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractThroughout early-modern history, France and Britain had been enemies on opposite sides of the so-called Second Hundred Years’ War. Nevertheless, during the Revolutionary and the Napoleonic Wars (1793-1815), Britain became a haven for almost 40,000 French emigrants, and by 1814 France’s restored monarchy no longer viewed Britain as the enemy. The émigrés’ experience in Britain, its impact on long-term diplomatic ties between the two countries, and its wider repercussions for European history is the focus of my research. Did émigré diplomats knowingly follow a policy intended to foster a lasting alliance with Britain? Scholars who view the émigrés as politically impotent ignore the powerful impact French presence had on Britain’s elite. Even as early as 1793, the émigrés’ plight was an asset used by the British government in its negotiations with other European powers. My thesis will answer the aforementioned question by exploring a neglected aspect of the French experience in Great Britain: the émigrés’ social and political interactions with the British public and government and how this may have affected Franco-British diplomacy during the nineteenth century.en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0335en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0582en_US
dc.description.proquestemailsguenett@uvic.caen_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/4759
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rights.tempAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectFranceen_US
dc.subjectBritainen_US
dc.subjectFrench Revolutionen_US
dc.subjectEmigresen_US
dc.subjectDiplomacyen_US
dc.titleFranco-British Diplomatic Relations Transformed?: The Socio-Political Impact of the Émigrés’ Presence in Britainen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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