The Napoleonic Empire and the New European Political Culture

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Introduction: Napoleon, His Empire, Our Europe and the ‘New Napoleonic History’....Pages 1-17
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
Introduction....Pages 21-23
Imperial France in 1808 and beyond....Pages 24-37
The Origins of the Napoleonic System of Repression....Pages 38-48
Policing, Rural Revolt and Conscription in Napoleonic France....Pages 49-58
Small State, Big Society: The Involvement of Citizens in Local Government in Nineteenth-Century France....Pages 59-69
Napoleon as a Politician....Pages 70-81
Front Matter....Pages 83-83
Introduction....Pages 85-87
The Napoleonic Civil Code: The Belgian Case....Pages 88-99
The Dutch Case: The Kingdom of Holland and the Imperial Departments....Pages 100-111
Resistance against Napoleon in the Kingdom of Holland....Pages 112-122
A Tale of Two Cities: Aachen and Cologne in Napoleonic Europe....Pages 123-131
The Swiss Case in the Napoleonic Empire....Pages 132-142
Front Matter....Pages 143-143
Introduction....Pages 145-147
Resistance to Napoleonic Reform in the Grand Duchy of Berg, the Kingdom of Westphalia and the South German States....Pages 148-159
Napoleonic Rule in German Central Europe: Compliance and Resistance....Pages 160-172
The Napoleonic Administrative System in the Kingdom of Westphalia....Pages 173-185
A Valorous Nation in a Holy War: War Mobilization, Religion and Political Culture in Prussia, 1807 to 1815....Pages 186-198
Front Matter....Pages 199-199
Introduction....Pages 201-203
The Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy: State Administration....Pages 204-215
Front Matter....Pages 199-199
The Imperial Departments of Napoleonic Italy: Resistance and Collaboration....Pages 216-226
The Feudal Question in the Kingdom of Naples....Pages 227-240
The Illyrian Provinces....Pages 241-253
Front Matter....Pages 255-255
Introduction....Pages 257-259
The Monarchy at Bayonne and the Constitution of Cadiz....Pages 260-269
Popular Resistance in Spain....Pages 270-281
Imperial Spain....Pages 282-292
The New Spanish Councils....Pages 293-303
Political Paradoxes in Napoleonic Europe: The Portuguese Case....Pages 304-312
Conclusion: The Napoleonic Empire in the Age of Revolutions: The Contrast of Two National Representations....Pages 313-326
Back Matter....Pages 327-332