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ArticleNews from the Institute on Napoleon and the French Revolution, FSU, Tallahassee, 2011-2012
Graduate Student Milestones During the past year, Institute graduate students racked up a number of accomplishments. In October 2001, Matthew Williams defended his MA thesis on the impact of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars on the British East India Company. Entitled “Imperial Chimera: The Evolution of the British East India Company, 1763-1813,” it offered a […]
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ArticleDetention in Napoleonic France: complementary texts to Napoleon’s Prisoner: a country parson’s Ten-Year detention in France
Introduction Our book of the month for May 2012 is John Parry-Wingfield's Napoleon's Prisoner: a country parson's Ten-Year detention in France, which retells the story of the Reverend Lancelot Charles Lee's ten-year imprisonment in France following the collapse of the Peace of Amiens. Those looking for more on the life and times of détenus – […]
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ArticleCinco de Mayo 2012 online
Cinco de Mayo 2012 2012 is the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Puebla, an important date in the history of Mexico. This year's Cinco de Mayo celebrations are particularly special, and there is a huge amount of activity taking place, in Mexico, across the world, and online. The Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia […]
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ArticleThe General Correspondence of Napoleon Bonaparte volume 12: project updateProgress update on the project to publish the General Correspondence of Napoleon Bonaparte, April 2012. Volume 12, published by the Fondation Napoléon and Fayard, deals primarily with the Russian campaign.
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ArticlePreface to volume 12 of the General Correspondence of Napoleon BonaparteMarie-Pierre Rey’s preface, the French original of which features in volume 12 of the General Correspondence of Napoleon Bonaparte, was published on napoleon.org in April 2012 to coincide with the book’s release. Serving as introduction to the volume, it sets out some of the key issues raised…
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ArticleJournal of the proceedings of the late embassy to China: Henry Ellis’ account of his visit to St HelenaFollowing the failure of the British embassy to China in 1816, the three representatives (Henry Ellis, Sir George Staunton, and William Amherst) stopped over on St Helena on their way back home, arriving at the island on 27 June 1817. Henry Ellis’ account of the…
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ArticleA new Napoleonic campaign for MontereauA theme park in honour of Napoleon Bonaparte is being planned for 2017. The project is being championed by Yves Jégo, the mayor of Montereau-Fault-Yonne, the site of Napoleon's famous victory in 1814.
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ArticleDigital History and the Fondation Napoléon: an overviewAn overview of the development of digital history, the challenges that lie ahead, and the services offered by napoleon.org.
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ArticleWalcheren – the debaclePeter Hicks retells Britain’s catastrophic military operation – the pet scheme of Viscount Castlereagh, British Secretary of State for War and the Colonies – to capture Walcheren and seize control of the Scheldt estuary, thereby dealing a heavy blow to France’s naval capacity.
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ArticleAwards ceremony for the Fondation Napoléon 2011 History Prizes and Research Grants
The 28th Fondation Napoléon History Prizes and Research Grants awards ceremony was held on Thursday 8 December, 2011, in the sumptuous French Government Foreign and European Affairs building. As every year, HIH the Princess Napoléon presided over the occasion. At her side were Fondation Napoléon president, the Prince d'Essling, and Nicolas Niemtchinow, directeur-adjoint du cabinet, representing […]