Question

In what ways did conservatism occur in the European governments?

Answer 1

• Conservatives believed that established, traditional institutions of state and society like the monarchy, the Church, social hierarchies, property and the family should be preserved.
• Most conservatives, however, did not propose a return to the society of pre-revolutionary days.
• They realised from the changes initiated by Napoleon, that modernisation could in fact strengthen traditional institutions like the monarchy.

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