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ArticleBullet Point #24 – Did Napoleon really “rough it” with his soldiers while on campaign?Each “Bullet Point” will confront a question related to the First Empire. My remarks are designed to form the basis for debate and, I hope, research. (Thierry Lentz, April 2019, translation RY) -
ArticleTalking Point with Thierry Lentz: “Napoleon is not at the Invalides”, a “historic” piece of fake newsNapoleon died on St Helena on 5 May 1821. His mortal remains were buried on the island four days later, where they remained until October 1840, when a French delegation came to collect them and bring them back to France, where they were laid to rest at the Invalides. This is what every history enthusiast […]
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ArticleBullet Point # 23 – Did Napoleon’s Marshals betray him at Fontainebleau, in 1814?Each “Bullet Point” will confront a question related to the First Empire. My remarks are designed to form the basis for debate and, I hope, research. (Thierry Lentz, March 2019, translation Rory Maclean) -
ArticleLetter dated 22 July 1806, to Champagny, Interior Minister: the 12 questions to be set before the Assembly of JewsTranslation (by Peter Hicks) of this text in French.
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ArticleJewish integration in France: it goes back to the Empire
In terms of his home policy, one of Napoleon I’s glories was to have achieved French national unity, via centralisation (indispensable at the time), via the recreation of intermediary bodies that the Revolution had suppressed (the Légion d’honneur, the notables, the Chambers of commerce, etc.) and by peace at home, both in the West of […]
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ArticleBerlioz and the “Cinq Mai” CantataIn July 1861, towards the end of his life (though despite his morbid thoughts Hector did not know it yet), Berlioz published a piece about musical inspiration in his music review column in the Journal des Débats. It is true that he found music journalism a… -
ArticleBullet Point #22 – Did Napoleon and Pope Pius VII hate each other?Each “Bullet Point” will confront a question related to the First Empire. My remarks are designed to form the basis for debate and, I hope, research. (Thierry Lentz, February 2019, translation RY) -
ArticleTalking Point with Peter Hicks: Jacques-Louis David’s PropagandaWe all know David’s portrayal of the workhorse Emperor starting up from his desk at four in the morning. How should we interpret it? Is it political propaganda from the regime itself? Yes and no – it’s complicated… The work was a commission from a mega-rich Scottish noble. Though a Member of Parliament from, and […]
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ArticleBullet Point #21 – What was Napoleon’s mother tongue?Each “Bullet Point” will confront a question related to the First Empire. My remarks are designed to form the basis for debate and, I hope, research. (Thierry Lentz, Janaury 2019, translation PH) -
ArticleTalking Point with Christian Christoff: the Wellington EndowmentDuring the First Empire, in 1808, Napoleon created an institution called the “majorat” in order to reward marshals, préfets, civil and military officers as well as others amongst his subjects who had distinguished themselves in the service of the State. Via this system whereby he distributed titles the Emperor established an Imperial nobility. These titles […]