Abstract When introducing Napoleonic rule in Belgium, French administrators were careful to adapt the representation of state power to local traditions and historical culture. As Napoléon's rule was presented as the continuation of earlier dynasties, Old Regime ceremonial was reactivated in his honor and local history was rewritten around his person. The goal of this operation was to gain support for the regime among the local population, which annexation and six years of revolutionary rule under the Directory had left distrustful of French authority. Different levels of government (mayors, prefects, ministers) joined efforts to bridge the gap by linking the new regime with local identities through the mobilization of the local past, result...
Cette thèse examine les mutations des organisations policières et leurs implications sur les pratiqu...
This dataset contains the names/appointments of all (sub)prefects in the Dutch and Northwest German ...
Jean-Philippe Luis, The influence of the Napoleonic Model in Spain (1814-1845) To claim allegiance ...
This chapter investigates the historical discourse used by representatives of the French regime in B...
The crushing weight of the French army was brought to bear on the Belgian population after its victo...
Today, Belgium is an oft-cited example of a “fabricated state” with no real binding national identit...
The words used by historians to describe the nation or society differ from those used by the authori...
More than thirty years ago, Stuart Woolf published his book Napoleon's Integration of Europe, common...
Since 1993, Belgium is officially a federal state, composed of – three – communities and – three – r...
Lorraine and Savoie were both occupied twice by French armies during the personal rule of Louis XIV....
En mélangeant une approche d’histoire culturelle du politique et une perspective comparative, ma rec...
Ancêtre commun des Belges, empereur chrétien et civilisateur, père de l’Europe : telles sont quelque...
Nicola Peter Todorov, Local administration in the Kingdom of Westphalia. After the victory of the F...
After conquering Belgium and the Rhineland in 1794, the French Army of the Sambre and Meuse faced se...
La Flandre est souvent présentée comme un espace doté d’une importante spécificité et par là d’une i...
Cette thèse examine les mutations des organisations policières et leurs implications sur les pratiqu...
This dataset contains the names/appointments of all (sub)prefects in the Dutch and Northwest German ...
Jean-Philippe Luis, The influence of the Napoleonic Model in Spain (1814-1845) To claim allegiance ...
This chapter investigates the historical discourse used by representatives of the French regime in B...
The crushing weight of the French army was brought to bear on the Belgian population after its victo...
Today, Belgium is an oft-cited example of a “fabricated state” with no real binding national identit...
The words used by historians to describe the nation or society differ from those used by the authori...
More than thirty years ago, Stuart Woolf published his book Napoleon's Integration of Europe, common...
Since 1993, Belgium is officially a federal state, composed of – three – communities and – three – r...
Lorraine and Savoie were both occupied twice by French armies during the personal rule of Louis XIV....
En mélangeant une approche d’histoire culturelle du politique et une perspective comparative, ma rec...
Ancêtre commun des Belges, empereur chrétien et civilisateur, père de l’Europe : telles sont quelque...
Nicola Peter Todorov, Local administration in the Kingdom of Westphalia. After the victory of the F...
After conquering Belgium and the Rhineland in 1794, the French Army of the Sambre and Meuse faced se...
La Flandre est souvent présentée comme un espace doté d’une importante spécificité et par là d’une i...
Cette thèse examine les mutations des organisations policières et leurs implications sur les pratiqu...
This dataset contains the names/appointments of all (sub)prefects in the Dutch and Northwest German ...
Jean-Philippe Luis, The influence of the Napoleonic Model in Spain (1814-1845) To claim allegiance ...