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The Napoleonic Empire and the New European Political Culture M. Broers

The Napoleonic Empire and the New European Political Culture By M. Broers

The Napoleonic Empire and the New European Political Culture by M. Broers


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Napoleon's conquests were spectacular, but behind his wars, is an enduring legacy. A new generation of historians have re-evaluated the Napoleonic era and found that his real achievement was the creation of modern Europe as we know it.

The Napoleonic Empire and the New European Political Culture Summary

The Napoleonic Empire and the New European Political Culture by M. Broers

Napoleon's conquests were spectacular, but behind his wars, is an enduring legacy. A new generation of historians have re-evaluated the Napoleonic era and found that his real achievement was the creation of modern Europe as we know it.

About M. Broers

KATHARINE AASLESTAD Professor at the University of West Virginia, USA JOSE ALVAREZ JUNCO Professor at the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain JEAN-RENE AYMES Professor at the Universite Paris III, France MARTIJN VAN DER BERG Lecturer at the Universiteit van Amsterdam, Netherlands HOWARD BROWN Professor at Binghamton University, USA GABRIELE CLEMENS Professor at the Universitat des Sarrelandes, Germany FERNANDO DORES COSTA Professor at the Instituto superior de Ciencias del Trabajo y Empresa, Lisbon, Portugal ALAN FORREST Professor at the University of York, UK ALEX GRAB Professor at the University of Maine, USA KAREN HAGEMANN James G. Kenan Distinguished Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA JOHAN JOOR Historian and Honorary research fellow at the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam ANNIE JOURDAN Professor at the Universiteit van Amsterdam, Netherlands EMILIO LA PARRA LOPEZ Professor at the Universidad de Alicante, Spain THIERRY LENTZ Director of the Fondation Napoleon, France MATTHIJS LOK Assistant Professor at the Universiteit van Amsterdam, Netherlands MARTA LORENTE Professor at the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain UTE PLANERT Professor at the Bergische Universitaet Wuppertal, Germany JOSE MARIA PORTILLO Professor at the Universidad del Pais Vasco, Spain ANNA-MARIA RAO Professor at the Universita degli Studi di Napoli, Federico II, Italy MICHAEL RAPPORT Professor at the University of Stirling, UK MICHAEL ROWE Senior Lecturer at King's College, London, UK REINHARD A. STAUBER Professor at the Universitat von Klagenfurt, Austria MARIE-CECILE THORAL Senior Lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University, UK NICOLA TODOROV Teacher at the Lycee Gustave Flaubert and Lecturer at the University of Rouen, France

Table of Contents

Preface Foreword to the Series Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Map Introduction: The Napoleonic Empire & the New European Political Culture: Towards Our Europe; M.Broers PART I: FRANCE 1799-1814 Introduction; M.Broers Imperial France in 1808 and beyond; T.Lentz The Origins of the Napoleonic System of Repression; H.Brown Policing, Rural Revolt and Conscription in Napoleonic France; A.Forrest Small state, Big Society: The Involvement of Citizens in 19th Century France; M.C.Thoral Napoleon as a Politician; P.Hicks PART II: THE LOW COUNTRIES, THE RHINELAND AND SWITZERLAND, 1792-1814 Introduction; M.Broers The Napoleonic Civil Code: The Belgian Case; M.Rapport The Dutch Case: the Kingdom of Holland and the Imperial Departments; M.Lok & M.van der Berg Resistance against Napoleon in the Kingdom of Holland; J.Joor A Tale of Two Cities: Aachen & Cologne in Napoleonic Europe; M.Rowe The Swiss Case in the Napoleonic Empire; G.Clemens PART III: CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE Introduction; M.Broers Resistance to Napoleonic Reform in the Grand Duchy of Berg, the Kingdom of the Westphalia and the South German states; U.Planert Napoleonic Rule in German Central Europe: Compliance and Resistance; K.Aaslestad The Napoleonic Administrative System in the Kingdom of Westphalia; N.P.Todorov The Prussian Era of Reforms; K.Hagemann PART IV: THE ITALIAN PENINSULAR & THE ILLYRIAN PROVINCES Introduction: M.Broers The Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy: State Administration; A.Grab The Imperial Departments of Napoleonic Italy: Resistance and Collaboration; M.Broers The Feudal Question in the Kingdom of Naples; A.M.Rao The Illyrian Provinces; R.Stauber PART V: SPAIN AND PORTUGAL 1800-1814 Introduction; M.Broers The Monarchy at Bayonne and the Constitution of Cadiz; E.La Parra Popular Resistance in Spain; J.R.Aymes Imperial Spain; J.M.Portillo The New Spanish Councils; M.Lorente Napoleonic Paradoxes in Europe: The Portuguese Case; F.D.Costa Conclusion: The Napoleonic Empire in the Age of Revolutions: The Contrast of Two National Representations; A.Jourdan Index

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NLS9781349317035
9781349317035
1349317039
The Napoleonic Empire and the New European Political Culture by M. Broers
New
Paperback
Palgrave Macmillan
2012-01-01
332
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