The bee and the eagle: napoleonic France and the end of the Holy Roman Empire, 1806

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. ÍNDICE: 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 - Napoleonb s Second Sacre? IC)na and the Ceremonial Translation of Frederick the Greatb s Insignia in 1807; T.Biskup - b Desperation to the Utmostb :The Defeat of 1806 and the French Occupation in Prussian Experience and Perception; K.Hagemann - Legends of the Allied Invasions and Occupations of EasternFrance, 1792-1815; D.Hopkin - b The Germans are Hydrophobesb : Germany and the Germans in the Shaping of French Identity; M.Rapport - The Response to Napoleon and German Nationalism; J.Breuilly - Index

• ISBN: 978-0-230-00893-9
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 316
• Fecha Publicación: 07/11/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés