The Bee and the Eagle
Napoleonic France and the End of the Holy Roman Empire, 1806
Published on 18. December 2008
Book
Hardback
XVII, 295 pages
978-0-230-00893-9 (ISBN)
Description
This volume's juxtaposition of the empires of Germany and France in 1806, at the dissolution of The Holy Roman Empire, allows a comparison of their transition towards modernity, explored through the themes of Empire, monarchy, political cultures, feudalism, war and military institutions, nationalism and identity, and everyday experience.
Reviews / Votes
'This collection does a fine job of conveying recent scholarly trends on Napoleonic France and the Napoleonic Empire as well as on the late Holy Roman Empire and its immediate successor states in German-speaking lands. Far more than just surveying or synthesizing, however, these essays mark important and original contributions to understanding the conception, practice and experience of empire in their respective areas. In both respects this volume should prove of interest to students of any and all of these fields, and should help stimulate future comparative studies across the Franco-German divide.'
- Brian E. Vick, University of Colorado at Boulder
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Series
Edition
2009
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Paper over boards
Illustrations
XVII, 295 p.
Dimensions
Height: 218 mm
Width: 142 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
499 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-230-00893-9 (9780230008939)
DOI
10.1057/9780230236738
Schweitzer Classification
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Alan Forrest | Peter H. Wilson
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Napoleonic France and the End of the Holy Roman Empire, 1806
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Alan Forrest | Peter H. Wilson
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Napoleonic France and the End of the Holy Roman Empire, 1806
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Persons
Peter H. Wilson is GF Grant Professor of History at the University of Hull, UK. He co-edits the
Studies in European History series
, and specialises in early modern German History.
Content
Maps Notes on Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction; Alan Forrest and P.H.Wilson The Meaning of Empire in Central Europe; P.H.Wilson The Political Culture of the Holy Roman Empire on the Eve of its Destruction; M.Rowe The Napoleonic Empire; M.Broers Political Culture of the Napoleonic Empire; W.Doyle A Matter of Survival: Bavaria Becomes a Kingdom; M.Kaiser Napoleon as Monarch: A Political Evolution; A.Forrest Napoleon and the Abolition of Feudalism; R.Blaufarb The Prussian Army in the Jena Campaign; C.Telp Napoleon's Second Sacre? Iéna and the Ceremonial Translation of Frederick the Great's Insignia in 1807; T.Biskup 'Desperation to the Utmost': The Defeat of 1806 and the French Occupation in Prussian Experience and Perception; K.Hagemann Legends of the Allied Invasions and Occupations of Eastern France, 1792-1815; D.Hopkin 'The Germans are Hydrophobes': Germany and the Germans in the Shaping of French Identity; M.Rapport The Response to Napoleon and German Nationalism; J.Breuilly Index