In the aftermath of the French Revolution and Napoleon, France was heavily in debt, and the revolutionary regimes had discredited themselves through paper-currency (assignat) inflation. After the Congress of Vienna returned King Louis XVIII to the French throne, his advisers debated whether or not to recognize the debt incurred by Napoleon.
而光荣革命的经验在随后的欧洲革命浪潮中进一步得到推广。法国大革命和拿破仑统治使法国政府负债累累，而革命政权则在滥发纸币——指券（assignat），流通于法国大革命期间的一种以没收的土地为担保的证券，后当作货币使用——的过程中丧失了自己的信用。在维也纳会议拥戴路易十八复辟之后，皇帝的幕僚们在是否承认拿破仑所欠下的债务方面进行了讨论，而最终承担债务的决定为法国经济提供了急需的法律保障，使其能赶上英国工业革命的脚步。