La bataille de Waterloo: Symbole de victoire, de défaite et lieu de mémoire (International study days, March 2015)

“The Battle of Waterloo: symbol of victory, of defeat and place of memory”
(The conference proceedings for the International study days, held in March 2015 at St John's International School, Waterloo, edited by Peter Hicks, collaboration between the Fondation Napoléon and the Bataille de Waterloo 1815 asbl and Editions de la Belle Alliance).
 
Lecture transcripts in French with introductions to the lectures and after-thoughts in English.
 
Contents:
 
Introduction
 
“The glorious defeat” by Jean-Marc Largeaud
 
“British pride – the days following victory in Great Britain” by Peter Hicks
 
“Waterloo, a German victory?” by Michel Kerautret
 
“Waterloo in the collective memory, 1815-1865, as told in popular engravings and books”, by Chantal Prévot
 
“The battle reconstructed for posterity: Waterloo according to Napoleon”, by Thierry Lentz
 
“The greatness and servitude of military surgery with regard to the battle of Waterloo” by Chenalier Benoit Lengelé
 
“Place of memory: the history of sanctuaries – the monuments” by Alain Lacroix
 
“The pedagogy of a Napoleonic battle” by Bruno Colson
 
“Heritage tourism – future and projects” by Etienne Claude
 
Waterloo – After-thoughts