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ArticlePress release: official return of two swords stolen from Fontainebleau
Frédéric Mitterrand, Minister of Culture and Communication, officially returned two luxury swords, stolen during the night of 15/16 November, 1995, to Jean-François Hébert, president of the Etablissement public du domaine et château de Fontainebleau. Following the theft, the Office Central de lutte contre le trafic des Biens culturels (OCBC) and the Direction Régionale de Police Judiciaire […]
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Article"Maintaining the contest with Buonaparte": Britain in 1809
Maintaining the contest with Buonaparte*: Britain in 1809 A snapshot of a nation in a given year is always going to displease, as much for its sins of inclusion as for those of omission. What I have done here is to choose several spheres of experience nationwide and to chart their situation in the year […]
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ArticleFondation Napoléon History Grand Prix and Research Grant Awards Ceremony 2009
This year, the Fondation Napoléon History Grand Prix and Research Grant Awards Ceremony took place on Tuesday 8 December, in the Salon d'honneur at the Hôtel des Invalides, in the presence of H.I.H. the Princess Napoleon and the Prince d'Essling, President of the Fondation Napoléon. These prizes are awarded each year for work relating to the […]
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ArticleNapoleon’s "divorce": Cardinal Fesch’s testimony
Introduction The annulment of the civil marriage of Napoleon and Josephine on 15 December, 1809, was the first stage in the process that has become known as the “divorce”. The second stage, which was to prove far more complicated, involved ensuring the religious annulment of the bond. This in turn required two religious tribunals assembled […]
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ArticleNapoleon’s divorce: Abbé Rudemare’s decision
Introduction The annulment of the civil marriage of Napoleon and Josephine on 15 December, 1809, was the first stage in the process that has become known as the “divorce”. The second stage, which was to prove far more complicated, involved ensuring the religious annulment of the bond. This in turn required two religious tribunals assembled to pronounce on […]
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ArticleNapoleon’s divorce: the civil annulment
Introduction The annulment on 15 December, 1809, of the civil marriage of Napoleon and Josephine was the first stage in the process that has become known as the “divorce”. Napoleon and Josephine both gave speeches announcing the end of their marriage, and a sénatus-consulte was drawn up by Cambacérès and a privy council. This sénatus-consulte was adopted by the Senate, seventy-six to seven […]
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ArticleChristmas Selection 2009It's that time again when the Fondation Napoléon puts its thinking caps on and puts together a list of Christmas gift ideas. The language is English unless otherwise specified.
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ArticleBook review: Thunder on the Danube: vol. 1: Abensberg
Arguably the high water mark of Napoleon Bonaparte's career was his campaign against Austria in 1809. This is the subject of an epic three-volume history by John H. Gill, associate professor at the Faculty of the Near East-South Asia centre, former U.S. Army officer in South Asia and author of With Eagles to Glory: Napoleon […]
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ArticleRecent books in French on the history of the Napoleonic period
Introduction The brief twenty-year period French hyperactivity on the world stage that is the Napoleonic period makes life difficult for the historian. The resulting historiography is as multi-lingual as it is multi-cultural, ranging from the discovery of parts of Australia to the slave trade and the Louisiana purchase, of course centring on the old world […]
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ArticleBook review: The Peninsular War, A Battlefield Guide, by Andrew Rawson
Andrew Rawson, an eminent historical researcher and author of seven Battleground Europe books as well as The Vietnam War Handbook, applies his talents to the Napoleonic wars, specifically in Iberia, with The Peninsular War, a Battlefield Guide. The introduction briefly explains the situation in Spain before and during the French invasion, and concisely analyzes the strength […]