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ArticleBeethoven, Byron, and Bonaparte – part 2The continuation of John Clubbe's fascinating article Beethoven, Byron, and Bonaparte - part 1
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ArticleLetter from Napoleon to Champagny, Minister for Foreign Affairs
Transcription Monsieur de Champagny, vous trouverez ci-joint une lettre de M. Daru. Répondez à M. Daru que j'ai été indigné du fait dont il est question dans sa lettre ; que je lui ordonne de passer une note pour demander justice exemplaire des officiers qui ont commis cette insulte ; que jusqu'à ce que je […]
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ArticlePublication of the Correspondance générale of Napoleon I: October 2004 : 3rd progress report on this Fondation Napoléon projectOn 20 October, 2004, the first volume of the Correspondance générale of Napoleon I was published, the beginning of an adventure which will see the publication of 12 volumes and 33,000 letters
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ArticleBeethoven, Byron, and Bonaparte – part 1When he chooses, he strikes like thunder Beethoven on Handel (1) Always he, he everywhere, as one says of Napoleon Rossini on Beethoven (2)
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ArticleA grand première: The Treasures of the Fondation Napoléon at last unveiled in Paris!
27 September, 2004, 7-30pm: the Musée Jacquemart-André, just before opening the doors on an exhibition soon to become the talk of the town! For the first time in Paris, the Fondation Napoléon present more than 200 pieces from it prestigious collection of paintings, objets d'art, furniture and memorabilia from the family of Napoleon I. The 'rump' […]
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ArticleMichel Albertini, scenographer of the exhibition "The Treasures of the Fondation Napoléon"…
Michel Albertini, author, theatre director, actor and scenographer, is a man of many parts Born in the south of France, he first worked with Roland Petit and Zizi Jeanmaire who took him around the world with their ballet. He then studied theatre at the Conservatoire National de Paris, and as « Villa Médicis » scholar, he […]
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ArticleBernard Chevallier: in the kingdom of Malmaison…
Life in a museum Bernard Chevallier, you are head curator of the Malmaison and Bois-Préau estate. How did you become curator? Was it something you always wanted to do?I was always interested in history, and after a brief period doing business studies, following my parents' wishes, I managed to extricate myself, signed up at Paris […]
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ArticleNaval warfare of a new kind during the Napoleonic age: The case of the Anglo-American war of 1812-1814 – Part 2
Redeeming the honour of the fleet For many Royal Navy captains, the war had now become a personal question of redeeming the “lost honour” of the Fleet during the preceding year. While on patrolling duties in front of Boston harbour in the spring of 1813, one Captain Sir Philip Broke even issued a polite challenge […]
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ArticleNapoleonic legitimacies and the proclamation of EmpireOn 18 May, 1804, the Sénat conservateur proclaimed that the government of the Republic had been handed over to an Emperor and that Napoleon Bonaparte had become the “Empereur des Français” under the name of “Napoléon 1er”. With respect to the political principles of the…
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ArticleThe proclamation of Empire by the Sénat Conservateur
Contrary to a widely held belief, it was not the coronation (Sacre) of 2 December, 1804, which “created” the Napoleonic Empire but rather a Sénatus-consulte adopted by the Sénat during its meeting of 18 May, 1804. The ensemble of documents presented on Napoleonica makes it possible to follow this apparently “parliamentary” inception to what was […]