Ordinances of Saint-Cloud

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The Ordinances of Saint-Cloud were a series of reactionary decrees issued by King Charles X of France in July 1830 that curtailed press freedom and dissolved the legislature, triggering the July Revolution and leading to his overthrow.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legal decree
political event
royal ordinance
aimedAt curtailing press freedom
strengthening royal authority
appliesToJurisdiction France
causeOf July Revolution
changed electoral law in France
chronologicallyBefore abdication of Charles X of France
country Kingdom of France
date 1830-07-25
describedAs reactionary decrees
dissolved Chamber of Deputies of France
followedBy July Revolution
follows Charter of 1814
genre constitutional law
hasAuthor Charles X of France
hasEffectOn French constitutional monarchy
French electoral system
French press law
hasPart dissolution of the Chamber of Deputies ordinance
electoral law modification ordinance
press ordinance
historicalPeriod Restoration France
introduced prior censorship of newspapers
issuedBy Charles X of France
language French
legalStatus unconstitutional in the view of many contemporaries
mainLocationOfImpact Paris
monthOfEvent July 1830
namedAfter Saint-Cloud
opposedBy Parisian press
linked to: Le Monde

Parisian workers
liberal deputies
partOf Bourbon Restoration
placeOfIssue Château de Saint-Cloud
politicalAlignment reactionary
reduced electorate in France
restricted freedom of the press
resultedIn abdication of Charles X of France
accession of Louis-Philippe I
end of the Bourbon Restoration in France
overthrow of Charles X of France
scheduled new elections for September 1830
signedBy Charles X of France
suspended freedom of the press guarantees in the Charter of 1814
triggered July Revolution
yearOfEvent 1830

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July Ordinances of 1830 alsoKnownAs Ordinances of Saint-Cloud