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Author : Wayne Hanley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
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Book Rating : 4.:/5 (847 download)
Download or read book Genesis of Napoleonic Propaganda written by Wayne Hanley and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Wayne Hanley
Publisher : Gutenberg
ISBN 13 : 9780231124560
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (245 download)
Download or read book The Genesis of Napoleonic Propaganda, 1796 to 1799 written by Wayne Hanley and published by Gutenberg. This book was released on 2005 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Propaganda, a term invented in or near the the French Revolution, was artfully crafted and used by the young and very ambitious emporer-to-be, as the author shows in this unique study.
Author : Wayne M. Hanley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (434 download)
Download or read book The Genesis of Napoleonic Propaganda, 1796 to 1799 written by Wayne M. Hanley and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although other historical figures had manipulated various media for political gain, Napoleon Bonaparte was the first non-monarch in modern times to realize the limitless possibilities of propaganda. Surprisingly, however, the evolution of Napoleon's propagandistic skills are much understudied for the period prior to the Consulate. From as early as 1796, Bonaparte actively fostered the creation of his public image, transforming an unknown Corsican general into a political power capable of rivaling the government of France. From his manipulation of the French press through his carefully crafted dispatches, to his founding of six newspapers, to his courting of leading artists and his innovative use of medals and medallions, Napoleon Bonaparte thoroughly mastered virtually every public medium of his day. An analysis of this phenomenon gives insight into Napoleon's meteoric rise to prominence and enhances our understanding of his more mature and elaborate use of propaganda during the Empire. Chapters two and three undertake a close reading of Napoleon's correspondence and other published sources to reveal patterns and techniques which Bonaparte used to create his public persona. These techniques include the use of "active voice," the timing of dispatches, and Napoleon's presentation of himself as a "man above party." In his six newspapers, he transformed the medium from one concerned with disseminating the news of France to one which furthered the military aims and political ambitions of the Army of Italy's commanding general. Supplementing his use of the print media, Bonaparte also commissioned medals as propaganda devices, a phenomenon which has previously received little attention. Chapter four shows how the future emperor used these medals to promote his desired mythology and how their popularity stimulated the market for even more medals and images of the triumphant general, enhancing Bonaparte's popularity. By the end of his first year in Italy, Napoleon's increasingly effective propaganda campaign became almost self-perpetuating, as street-hawkers, songwriters, poets, and engravers attempted to cash in on his popularity. This unsought "passive propaganda," the subject of chapter five, complemented and magnified Bonaparte's earlier image-making efforts until, by November 1799, Napoleon Bonaparte had transformed himself into an icon of France triumphant and set the stage for his participation in the coup d'état of 18-19 Brumaire.
Author : Alan Forrest
Publisher : Quercus
ISBN 13 : 0857387596
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (573 download)
Download or read book Napoleon written by Alan Forrest and published by Quercus. This book was released on 2011-10-27 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a cold December day in 1840 Parisians turned out in force to watch as Napoleon's coffin was solemnly borne down the Champs-Elysées on its final journey to the Invalides. The return of the Emperor's body from the island of St Helena, nearly twenty years after his death, was a moment they had eagerly awaited, though there were many who feared that the memories stirred would only further destabilize a country that had struggled for order and direction since 'the little corporal' was sent into exile after Waterloo. Alan Forrest tells the remarkable story of how the son of a Corsican attorney became the most powerful man in Europe, a man whose political legacy endured long after his lonely death many thousands of miles from France. Along the way, he cuts away the layers of myth and counter-myth that have grown up around Napoleon, a man who mixed history and legend promiscuously, and shows how he was as much a product of his times as he was their creator. The convulsive effect of the Revolution on French society, and the new meritocracy it ushered in, afforded men of this generation opportunities that were unimaginable under the Ancien Régime. Napoleon seized every chance that was offered him, making full use of his undoubted abilities and charismatic presence. But the Empire he created, stretching across most of the European continent, was not the work of one man. It was a collective enterprise that depended on the work and vision of thousands of administrators, army officers, jurists and educators, and The Age of Napoleon is as much their story as his. In a book that takes in everything from Napoleon's ill-fated expedition to Egypt to the festivals that punctuated the Imperial calendar, Alan Forrest draws on original research and recent scholarship to draw a fresh and compelling picture of one of the most dramatic periods in the history of Europe.
Author : Michael J. Hughes
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 081473748X
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)
Download or read book Forging Napoleon's Grande Arme written by Michael J. Hughes and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2012-05-07 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The men who fought in Napoleon’s Grande Armée built a new empire that changed the world. Remarkably, the same men raised arms during the French Revolution for liberté, égalité, and fraternité. In just over a decade, these freedom fighters, who had once struggled to overthrow tyrants, rallied to the side of a man who wanted to dominate Europe. What was behind this drastic change of heart? In this ground-breaking study, Michael J. Hughes shows how Napoleonic military culture shaped the motivation of Napoleon’s soldiers. Relying on extensive archival research and blending cultural and military history, Hughes demonstrates that the Napoleonic regime incorporated elements from both the Old Regime and French Revolutionary military culture to craft a new military culture, characterized by loyalty to both Napoleon and the preservation of French hegemony in Europe. Underscoring this new, hybrid military culture were five sources of motivation: honor, patriotism, a martial and virile masculinity, devotion to Napoleon, and coercion. Forging Napoleon's Grande Armée vividly illustrates how this many-pronged culture gave Napoleon’s soldiers reasons to fight.
Author : Alan Forrest
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1250009030
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Napoleon: Life, Legacy, and Image: A Biography written by Alan Forrest and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-12-11 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive account of the life and enduring influence of the early 19th-century French emperor covers his rise to prominence, the ways his life reflected his time, and the lingering impact of his death on national stability.
Author : Tim Clayton
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1643131044
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (431 download)
Download or read book The Secret War Against Napoleon written by Tim Clayton and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between two assassination attempts—in 1800 and 1804—on Napoleon Bonaparte, the British government launched a propaganda campaign of unprecedented scope and intensity to persuade George III’s reluctant subjects to fight the Napoleonic War, a war to the death against one man: the Corsican usurper and tyrant. The Secret War Against Napoleon tells the story of the British government’s determination to destroy the French Emperor by any means possible. We have been taught to think of Napoleon as the aggressor—a man with an unquenchable thirst for war and glory— but what if this story masked the real truth: that the British refusal to make peace, either with revolutionary France or with the man who claimed to personify the revolution, was the reason this epic conflict continued for more than twenty years? At this pivotal moment when it wanted to consolidate its place as the premier world power, Britain was uncompromising. This dynamic historical narrative plunges the reader into the hidden underworld of Georgian politics where, faced with the terrifying prospect of revolution, the British government used bribery and coercion in an effort to kill the French leader.
Author : Michael Broers
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108341462
Total Pages : 895 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (83 download)
Download or read book The Cambridge History of the Napoleonic Wars: Volume 1, Politics and Diplomacy written by Michael Broers and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-06-09 with total page 895 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume I of The Cambridge History of the Napoleonic Wars covers the international foreign political dimensions of the wars and the social, legal, political and economic structures of the Empire. Leading historians from around the world come together to discuss the different aspects of the origins of the Napoleonic Wars, their international political implications and the concrete ways the Empire was governed. This volume begins by looking at the political context that produced the Napoleonic Wars and setting it within the broader context of eighteenth century great power politics in the Age of Revolution. It considers the administration and governance of the Empire, including with France's client states and the role of the Bonaparte family in the Empire. Further chapters in the volume examine the war aims of the various protagonists and offer an overall assessment of the nature of war in this period.
Author : Doina Pasca Harsanyi
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030973409
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (39 download)
Download or read book French Rule in the States of Parma, 1796-1814 written by Doina Pasca Harsanyi and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2022-04-28 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses the interplay between collaboration and resistance during the Revolutionary/Napoleonic era in the Duchies of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla, renamed States of Parma in 1802 and Department of Taro in 1808. Considered no more than a docile backwater in 1796, the country exploded in violent rebellion at the end of 1805, to the astonishment of the French imperial establishment and of Napoleon himself. Yet, the insurgency – duly suppressed by the French military – did not beget further confrontation. French administrators determined to demonstrate that the empire was a force for good and local citizens compelled to reassess their circumstances realistically settled for cooperation in the form of protracted give and take arrangements. In recounting the events, this book highlights local agency and the myriad ways Parma’s population harnessed the power of empire to shape what eventually became the Napoleonic legacy in the region.
Author : Temma Kaplan
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199929963
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (999 download)
Download or read book Democracy written by Temma Kaplan and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014-11-07 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In our time, the term "democracy" is frequently evoked to express aspirations for peace and social change or particular governmental systems that claim to benefit more than a select minority of the population. In this book, Temma Kaplan examines attempts from ancient Mesopotamia to the early twenty first century to create democratic governments that allow people to secure food, shelter, land, water, and peace for their mutual benefit. Since early times, proponents of direct or participatory democracy have come into conflict with the leaders of representative institutions that claim singular power over democracy. Patriots of one form or another have tried to reclaim the initiative to determine what democracy should mean and who should manage it. Frequently, people in small communities, trade unions, or repressed racial, religious, and political groups have marched forward using the language of democracy to carve a space for themselves and their ideas at the center of political life. Sometimes they have reinterpreted the old laws, and sometimes they have formulated new laws and institutions in order to gain greater opportunities to debate the major issues of their time. This book examines the development of the democratic ideal from ancient Rome to the Cortes in Spain, the philosophies of Guru Nanak and the Castilian patriot Juan de Padilla, and such inspirational personalities as the Polish trade unionist Anna Walentnyowicz and Burmese politician Aung San Suu Kyi. Though few democracies have sustained themselves for significant lengths of time, their emergence nearly everywhere on earth over thousands of years indicates their resilience despite the fragility of the democratic ideal.
Author : Jed Z. Buchwald
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400834562
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)
Download or read book The Zodiac of Paris written by Jed Z. Buchwald and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The clash of faith and science in Napoleonic France The Dendera zodiac—an ancient bas-relief temple ceiling adorned with mysterious symbols of the stars and planets—was first discovered by the French during Napoleon's campaign in Egypt, and quickly provoked a controversy between scientists and theologians. Brought to Paris in 1821 and ultimately installed in the Louvre, where it can still be seen today, the zodiac appeared to depict the nighttime sky from a time predating the Biblical creation, and therefore cast doubt on religious truth. The Zodiac of Paris tells the story of this incredible archeological find and its unlikely role in the fierce disputes over science and faith in Napoleonic and Restoration France. The book unfolds against the turbulence of the French Revolution, Napoleon's breathtaking rise and fall, and the restoration of the Bourbons to the throne. Drawing on newspapers, journals, diaries, pamphlets, and other documentary evidence, Jed Buchwald and Diane Greco Josefowicz show how scientists and intellectuals seized upon the zodiac to discredit Christianity, and how this drew furious responses from conservatives and sparked debates about the merits of scientific calculation as a source of knowledge about the past. The ideological battles would rage until the thoroughly antireligious Jean-François Champollion unlocked the secrets of Egyptian hieroglyphs—and of the zodiac itself. Champollion would prove the religious reactionaries right, but for all the wrong reasons. The Zodiac of Paris brings Napoleonic and Restoration France vividly to life, revealing the lengths to which scientists, intellectuals, theologians, and conservatives went to use the ancient past for modern purposes.
Author : Susan Jaques
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1681779404
Total Pages : 673 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (817 download)
Download or read book The Caesar of Paris written by Susan Jaques and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-12-04 with total page 673 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Napoleon is one of history’s most fascinating figures. But his complex relationship with Rome—both with antiquity and his contemporary conflicts with the Pope and Holy See—have undergone little examination. In The Caesar of Paris, Susan Jaques reveals how Napoleon’s dueling fascination and rivalry informed his effort to turn Paris into “the new Rome”— Europe’s cultural capital—through architectural and artistic commissions around the city. His initiatives and his aggressive pursuit of antiquities and classical treasures from Italy gave Paris much of the classical beauty we know and adore today.Napoleon had a tradition of appropriating from past military greats to legitimize his regime—Alexander the Great during his invasion of Egypt, Charlemagne during his coronation as emperor, even Frederick the Great when he occupied Berlin. But it was ancient Rome and the Caesars that held the most artistic and political influence and would remain his lodestars. Whether it was the Arc de Triopmhe, the Venus de Medici in the Louvre, or the gorgeous works of Antonio Canova, Susan Jaques brings Napoleon to life as never before.
Author : Paul Robbert Rijkens
Publisher : Paragon Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782225811
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (822 download)
Download or read book The Compostela Conspiracy written by Paul Robbert Rijkens and published by Paragon Publishing. This book was released on 2018-04-27 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an investigative novel that starts by asking the simple but pertinent question: since there are no sources whatsoever testifying that the saint, or his remains were in Spain, then who invented all this, and why? I became interested in this issue after having read a tiny sentence in the official history book of St. James, which casually states that the Cathedral of Compostela lost the relics of St. James for nearly three hundred years, from 1588 to 1879. Lose the most important relics in Christendom? I surmised that they didn’t lose them, because they never had them in the first place. That also would despatch the implausible tale of how the saint’s remains had travelled by stone vessel, steered only by the wind, in eight days, from Jerusalem to Galicia in Spain, in 44 A.D. Still, St. James’ legends gave rise to the largest pilgrimage in European history. A riddle indeed. Challenged by a publisher, I decided to investigate this story not as most historians have, namely to accept the Church’s version, but instead, to follow a journalistic approach; to search for those who benefitted - who had ulterior motives. Banking on my business experience, and art historical knowledge, I hoped to solve this riddle whilst walking part of the route, the so-called ‘camino’, between Burgos and Santiago de Compostela. In so doing I also aimed to find out why people should want to do this arduous journey today, as ca. 300,000 annually do. It resulted in this travel account and investigative analysis, and a very defensible solution to the riddle of St. James. The Church employed fear to persuade Christians to seek penance and forgiveness at an empty shrine in Spain. This exploit I have called a conspiracy. A serious accusation, but in my view, also a defensible claim. Once underway something strange happened. An English former banker was shot in front of my eyes. Whilst this incident is fictional, it strangely fits in my fact-based investigation of what happened between the 9th to 16th centuries when literally millions upon millions of pilgrims took a year off to visit Compostela. The pilgrimage led to a colossal industry, and the strange shooting incident pointed me to some of its present-day benefactors.
Author : Lynn Hunt
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 147421374X
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (742 download)
Download or read book The French Revolution and Napoleon written by Lynn Hunt and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-09-07 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lynn Hunt and Jack R. Censer's The French Revolution and Napoleon provides a globally-oriented narrative history of events from 1789 until the fall of Napoleon. It emphasizes the global origins and consequences of the French Revolution and explains why it is the formative event for modern politics. The book integrates global competition, fiscal crisis, slavery and the beginnings of nationalism with the more traditional emphases on human rights and constitutions, terror and violence, and the rise of authoritarianism. This global approach then enables the authors – two world-renowned scholars in the field – to clearly illustrate how the French Revolution and Napoleonic Empire changed all the political givens for Europe, the Americas, North Africa and parts of Asia as well. Including numerous illustrations and maps, end-of-chapter questions, timelines and primary source document extracts for analysis in each chapter, this book is essential reading for all students of modern European history who want to understand the French Revolution and Napoleonic Empire in a truly global context.
Author : Philip Dwyer
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408854694
Total Pages : 792 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (88 download)
Download or read book Napoleon written by Philip Dwyer and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-03-06 with total page 792 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first volume of a groundbreaking and innovative popular biography of Napoleon Bonaparte, one of history's most complex and charismatic leaders 'Remarkable ... a satisfying, psychologically convincing account of Napoleon's early years and ascent to power. Even-handed and authoritative, this fascinating and highly enjoyable book will be an eye opener even to those who think they know the subject well' Sunday Times 'We are clearly in the presence of what will be a monumental work ... meticulously researched and well-written' Andrew Roberts, Literary Review Napoleon Bonaparte's rise to power was neither inevitable nor smooth; it was full of mistakes, wrong turns and pitfalls. During his formative years his identity was constantly shifting, his character ambiguous and his intentions often ill-defined. He was, however, highly ambitious, and it was this ruthless drive that advanced his career. This book examines the extraordinary evolution of Napoleon's character and the means by which at the age of thirty he became head of the most powerful country in Europe and skilfully fashioned the image of himself that laid the foundation of the legend that endures to this day.
Author : Andrea Orzoff
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199745684
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)
Download or read book Battle for the Castle written by Andrea Orzoff and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-21 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After World War I, diplomats and leaders at the Paris Peace Talks redrew the map of Europe, carving up ancient empires and transforming Europe's eastern half into new nation-states. Drawing heavily on the past, the leaders of these young countries crafted national mythologies and deployed them at home and abroad. Domestically, myths were a tool for legitimating the new state with fractious electorates. In Great Power capitals, they were used to curry favor and to compete with the mythologies and propaganda of other insecure postwar states. The new postwar state of Czechoslovakia forged a reputation as Europe's democratic outpost in the East, an island of enlightened tolerance amid an increasingly fascist Central and Eastern Europe. In Battle for the Castle, Andrea Orzoff traces the myth of Czechoslovakia as an ideal democracy. The architects of the myth were two academics who had fled Austria-Hungary in the Great War's early years. Tomáas Garrigue Masaryk, who became Czechoslovakia's first president, and Edvard Benes, its longtime foreign minister and later president, propagated the idea of the Czechs as a tolerant, prosperous, and cosmopolitan people, devoted to European ideals, and Czechoslovakia as a Western ally capable of containing both German aggression and Bolshevik radicalism. Deeply distrustful of Czech political parties and Parliamentary leaders, Benes and Masaryk created an informal political organization known as the Hrad or "Castle." This powerful coalition of intellectuals, journalists, businessmen, religious leaders, and Great War veterans struggled with Parliamentary leaders to set the country's political agenda and advance the myth. Abroad, the Castle wielded the national myth to claim the attention and defense of the West against its increasingly hungry neighbors. When Hitler occupied the country, the mythic Czechoslovakia gained power as its leaders went into wartime exile. Once Czechoslovakia regained its independence after 1945, the Castle myth reappeared. After the Communist coup of 1948, many Castle politicians went into exile in America, where they wrote the Castle myth of an idealized Czechoslovakia into academic and political discourse. Battle for the Castle demonstrates how this founding myth became enshrined in Czechoslovak and European history. It powerfully articulates the centrality of propaganda and the mass media to interwar European cultural diplomacy and politics, and the tense, combative atmosphere of European international relations from the beginning of the First World War well past the end of the Second.
Author : Rudolf Schlögl
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350099589
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Religion and Society at the Dawn of Modern Europe written by Rudolf Schlögl and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-02-20 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reveals how, in confrontation with secularity, various new forms of Christianity evolved during the time of Europe's crisis of modernisation. Rudolf Schlögl provides a comprehensive overview of the development of religious institutions and piety in Protestant and Catholic Europe between 1750 and 1850; at the same time, he offers a detailed exposition of contemporary philosophical, theological and socio-theoretical thought on the nature and function of religion. This allows us to understand the importance of religion in the self-defining of European society during a period of great change and upheaval. Religion and Society at the Dawn of Modern Europe is a pivotal work – translated into English here for the first time – for all scholars and students of European society in the 18th and 19th centuries.
