In 1830, it had a chance to come undone - and didn't.
A brief outline of the 1830 Sodalite Revolt
This is very much a work in progress, but the gist of things is something like so:- The Prince de Guise [who?] managed to escape Rome and, stowing away aboard a corvette, managed to evade the French Navy for long enough to land in Marseilles.
- Once he did arrive in Marseilles, the city was cordoned off and searched. Remarkably, the Prince managed to escape the searchers and the city, making for Toulouse (a holdout of Guisard support) as fast as he could.
- En route, word got out that the Prince de Guise was back, and he drew heavily on his Sodalite membership. A number of old orders, especially some that had sat out the War of the French Succession to that point [who?], pledged their support to the pretender.
- The Prince did make it to Toulouse, where he linked up with a Guisard force that marched to war...
- ...where, after two small victories, he died an inglorious death, getting thrown by a horse that spooked after he vaulted onto it while drunk. [details?]
Aftermath of the Sodalite Revolt
The single most lasting consequence of the Sodalite Revolt was the collapse of the French Sodality. Up to that point, the House of Guise had combined the Sodalite Fourth Vow with the traditional privileges of the Gallican Church, leaving him with considerable control over both; the Burgundians were considering following suit. [details?] Once the Revolt had been suppressed, any thought of it was off the table: the Sodality had showed its hand, and that hand was as a threat to the State.- The suppression of the Sodalites, and the gradual dismantling of the French Inquisition, both began in the aftermath of the Sodalite Revolt.
- A lot of Sodalites were executed or imprisoned for their part in the Revolt, but not all. Entire houses emigrated, [details?] setting up shop in the New World, mostly amongst the Occidentals. They were the first significant Sodalite presence in the UCNA.
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