A two-day conference was held at the German Historical Institute
London, 17 Bloomsbury Square, London, WC1A 2NJ on Friday 14 and Saturday 15 December 2007.
The conference aimed to establish a coherent framework for studying monarchies and exile from c.1500 to the present, dealing with the topic on the organizational, the dynastic and the political levels. The conveners are Torsten Riotte, Frankfurt, and Philip Mansel, Society of Court Studies (SCS) London.
Speakers included (topic):
Karen Britland (Henrietta Maria); Edward Corp (James II and III); Peter Hicks (Napoleon I); Anna Keay (Charles II); Philip Mansel (Louis XVIII); Heidi Mehrkens (The Empress Eugénie); William O'Reilly (Charles VI);Toby Osborne (Marie de'Medici); Jim Retallack (Johann of Saxony); Torsten Riotte (George V/ Ernst August of Hanover); John Rohl (Wilhelm II); W H C Smith (Napoleon III); Guy Stair Sainty (The Bourbons of Naples); Ferenc Toth (Ferenc Rákóczi) II; Emmanuel de Waresquiel (Louis XVIII during the Hundred Days).
FRIDAY, 14 DECEMBER 2007
| 9:30 | Coffee Reception | |
| 10:00 | Welcome:
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| 10:15 | Introduction: Monarchy and exile, Philip Mansel (London) |
Part I: Forms and definitions of exile
| 10:45 | Marie de Medici, Toby Osborne (Durham) | |
| 11:30 | Ferenc Rákóczi II, Ferenc Toth (Budapest) | |
| 12:15 | Charles VI, William O Reilly (Cambridge) |
13.00-15:00: Sandwich lunch
Part II. Confession
| 15:00 | The shadow of a king ? Charles II of Great Britain in exile, Anna Keay (London) | |
| 15:45 | The Irish royalist elite of Charles II and the Caroline Stuart Court in exile, c. 1649-1660, John Jeremiah Cronin (Florence) |
16:30-16:45 Tea break
| 15:00 | Marie de Medici, Toby Osborne (Durham) | |
| 15:45 | Ferenc Rákóczi II, Ferenc Toth (Budapest) |
16:30-16:45 Tea break
| 16:30 | Exile or homecoming? Henrietta Maria in France, 1644-1660, Karen Britland (Keele) | |
| 17:15 | James II and III, Edward Corp (Toulouse) |
18:00-19.00 Wine reception
There will be no formal conference dinner but a table has been arranged at a restaurant close to the premises.
SATURDAY, 15 DECEMBER 2008
Part III. Revolution
| 10:00 | From Exile to the Throne: The Europeanisation of Louis XVIII, Philip Mansel (London) | |
| 10:45 | "L'exil et le pouvoir : Louis XVIII ŕ Gand sous les cent-jours (avril-juin 1815) , Emanuel de Waresquiel (Paris) | |
| 11:30 | Napoleon I, Peter Hicks (London) |
12:15-14:00 Sandwich lunch
Part IV. Nation building
| 14:00 | The Bourbons of Naples, Guy Stair Saintry | |
| 14:45 | Napoleon III., William H.C. Smith (London) | |
| 15:30 | Empress Eugenie, Heidi Mehrkens (Braunschweig) |
16:15-16.45 Tea break
| 16:45 | Johann of Saxony, Jim Retallack (Toronto) | |
| 17:30 | George V/ Ernst August of Hanover, Torsten Riotte (Frankfurt) | |
| 18:15 | The Unicorn in Winter. Kaiser Wilhelm II in Amerongen and Doorn 1918-1941, John Rohl (Sussex) |
19:00 Final Discussion