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Introduction
On 2 December, 1804, the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris was the stage on which the coronation of Napoleon I was played out, in the presence of Pope Pius VII. The new emperor broke from tradition by crowning himself and pronouncing an oath guaranteeing the preservation of the gains of the Revolution.
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Timeline
– From Life Consulship to the hereditary Empire (1802-1804)
– The day of Napoleon’s coronation, 11 Frimaire, An XIII (2 December, 1804) -
Documents
Livre du Sacre, by Jean-Baptiste Isabey
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Commentary
The Festivities for Napoleon’s Consacration and Coronation, by Claude Collard (November 2021)
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Biographies
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videos
Le sacre de Napoléon Ier / Napoleon’s Coronation (français / English) This digital 3-D modelling illustrating the route taken by Napoleon I between the Tuileries Palace and Notre-Dame Cathedral for his coronation on 2 December 1804, was co-produced by the Fondation Napoléon and Bath University for the exhibition “Nelson and Napoleon” (2005, National Maritime Museum, London) by Vaughan Hart, Peter Hicks and Joe Robson, and was also exhibited in Paris in 2009.
Restoration of an outfit designed for the Coronation (Sacre) of Napoleon I.
A close-up on: the coronation of Napoleon I (otherwise known as the “Sacre”)
On 2 December, 1804, the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris was the stage on which the coronation of Napoleon I was played out, in the presence of Pope Pius VII. The new emperor broke with tradition by crowning himself and pronouncing an oath guaranteeing the preservation of the gains of the Revolution.
