The Bee and the Eagle: Napoleonic France and the End of the Holy Roman Empire (War, Culture and Scoiety, 1750-1850) [Hardcover]

Alan Forrest (Editor), Peter H. Wilson (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 20, 2009 | ISBN-10: 0230008933 | ISBN-13: 978-0230008939 | Edition: First Edition

The Bee and the Eagle brings together a team of international specialists to present original findings on six key themes of Empire: political cultures, war and military institutions, monarchy, nationalism and identity, and everyday experience. With a comparative approach, it begins in 1806 at the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire, and its replacement by a French-sponsored new political order.

Editorial Reviews

Review

'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

About the Author

ALAN FORREST is Professor of Modern History at the University of York, UK. He has published widely on French revolutionary and Napoleonic history, especially on social history and on the military. His most recent publications include Napoleon's Men: The Soldiers of the Revolution and Empire (London, 2002), Paris, the Provinces and the French Revolution (London, 2004) and (jointly-authored with Jean-Paul Bertaud and Annie Jourdan) Napoléon, le monde et les Anglais. Guerre des mots et des images (Paris, 2004).

 

PETER H. WILSON is GF Grant Professor of History at the University of Hull. He is a specialist in German history and military-civil relations in early modern Europe. His most recent publications include Absolutism in Central Europe, From Reich to Revolution: German History 1558-1806 and War in European History 1815-1914 (ed).

Product Details

• Hardcover: 272 pages
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; First Edition edition (January 20, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0230008933
• ISBN-13: 978-0230008939
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
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