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THIS MONTH'S BOOK
Revolutionary France, by Malcolm Crook
This book takes the period from 1780-1880 as the 'French Revolutionary' period and discusses France and its position within Europe. It is aimed at undergraduates and general readers interested in the 19th century.
TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO
14 Nivôse, An XI (4 January, 1803), 31 life senatorships were created, endowed with significant emoluments. Fouché received the senatorship for Aix-en-Provence.
17 Nivôse, An XI (7 January, 1803), Bonaparte learned of the death of his brotherè-in-law, General Leclerc, which occurred on 11 Brumaire, An XI (2 November, 1802) in Saint-Domingue. Court mourning was decreed and the First Consul received the condolences of the great bodies of state.
British law did not allow non-British subjects to possess or to acquire real estate in Great Britain. The succession of a Briton in France gave the First Consul the occasion to declare quite clearly: "If there is no French heir, then the state shall inherit. As to the question of Britons who wish to buy property in France, they must get an act of Government which excuses them from the general law. The Government act authorising them to acquire property will at the same time authorise them to transmit their property by succession".
Saint-Cloud, 17 Nivôse, An XI (7 January, 1803)
Starting on 18 Nivôse, An XI (8 January, 1803), as per a bill passed by the First Consul, ecclesiastical stipends could not be confiscated.
Wishing you an excellent, Napoleonic, New Year!
Peter Hicks
Historian and Web editor
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THIS WEEK:
What's on
- Exhibition: La Tavola di Elisa, Lucca
- Exhibition: Napoleon and Alexander I in Hildesheim (Germany)
- Exhibition: The first Italian Republic, 1802-1805
- Exhibition: Seat of Empire
The monthly titles
- Book of the Month: Revolutionary France, by Malcolm Crook
- This month's picture, The Comtesse Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angély, by Gérard
- Article of the Month, Joseph Bonaparte's American Retreat, by Patricia Tyson Stroud
- In the Collectors Corner, The Roi de Rome's Lead Soldiers
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