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Probably no other single individual has had such a profound impact on the development of modern France and on that of nineteenth century Europe as Napoleon. Clive Emsley brings the subject up-to-date historiographically and provides an accessible introduction to the post revolutionary period in European history of 1799 to 1815. topContents
Chronology Part One: Introduction 1. ‘My history is made up of facts, and words alone cannot destroy them’ Part Two: Narrative 2. The Career and the Man Making a Name Mastering France Mastering Europe Losing Europe Losing France Mastering History Understanding the Man Reorganising France Foundations Finances and the Economy Centralisation and Surveillance The Code Napoleon Church and School Dissent and Disorder Reorganising Europe The Scope of the Empire Support Opposition Part Three: Assessment Results And Meanings Legacy Assessment Part Four: Documents Glossary Who’s Who Index topFeatures
- An introduction for students providing a succinct summary of Napoleon’s career, the difficulties of assessing it, and the current debates surrounding it.
- Contains a wide selection of primary source material and there are few similar collections of such material on the Napoleonic period available in English
- Usefully divided into three distinct parts: his career, his impact on France, his impact on Europe
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