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The Bee and the Eagle

Napoleonic France and the End of the Holy Roman Empire, 1806

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Editors:
  1. Alan Forrest

    1. University of York, UK

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  2. Peter H. Wilson

    1. University of Hull, UK

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Part of the book series: War, Culture and Society, 1750–1850 (WCS)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction

    • Alan Forrest, Peter H. Wilson
    Pages 1-21

  3. The Meaning of Empire in Central Europe around 1800

    • Peter H. Wilson
    Pages 22-41

  4. The Political Culture of the Holy Roman Empire on the Eve of its Destruction

    • Michael Rowe
    Pages 42-64

  5. The Napoleonic Empire

    • Michael Broers
    Pages 65-82

  6. The Political Culture of the Napoleonic Empire

    • William Doyle
    Pages 83-93

  7. A Matter of Survival: Bavaria Becomes a Kingdom

    • Michael Kaiser
    Pages 94-111

  8. Napoleon as Monarch: A Political Evolution

    • Alan Forrest
    Pages 112-130

  9. Napoleon and the Abolition of Feudalism

    • Rafe Blaufarb
    Pages 131-154

  10. The Prussian Army in the Jena Campaign

    • Claus Telp
    Pages 155-171

  11. Napoleon’s Second Sacre? Iéna and the Ceremonial Translation of Frederick the Great’s Insignia in 1807

    • Thomas Biskup
    Pages 172-190

  12. ‘Desperation to the Utmost’: The Defeat of 1806 and the French Occupation in Prussian Experience and Perception

    • Karen Hagemann
    Pages 191-213

  13. Legends of the Allied Invasions and Occupations of Eastern France, 1792–1815

    • David Hopkin
    Pages 214-233

  14. ‘The Germans are Hydrophobes’: Germany and the Germans in the Shaping of French Identity

    • Michael Rapport
    Pages 234-255

  15. The Response to Napoleon and German Nationalism

    • John Breuilly
    Pages 256-283

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 285-295
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About this book

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.

Reviews

'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

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of York, UK

    Alan Forrest

  • University of Hull, UK

    Peter H. Wilson

About the editors

Peter H. Wilson is GF Grant Professor of History at the University of Hull, UK. He co-edits the Studies in European History series, and specialises in early modern German History.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Bee and the Eagle

  • Book Subtitle: Napoleonic France and the End of the Holy Roman Empire, 1806

  • Editors: Alan Forrest, Peter H. Wilson

  • Series Title: War, Culture and Society, 1750–1850

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230236738

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2009

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-00893-9Published: 18 December 2008

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-28437-5Published: 01 January 2009

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-23673-8Published: 18 December 2008

  • Series ISSN: 2634-6699

  • Series E-ISSN: 2634-6702

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 295

  • Topics: History of France, European History, Modern History, Political History, History of Military

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