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SPECIAL DOSSIER: THE PROCLAMATION OF EMPIRE
Documents:
- Curée's motion, on napoleon.org (in French)
- the Sénatus-Consulte organique of 28 Floréal, An XII (18 May, 1804) (in French)
- all the other texts on napoleonica.org: the work of the Sénat, the opposition of the Comte de Lille (future Louis XVIII)...
Timeline:
From Life Consulship to the hereditary Empire (1802-1804)
Articles, analyses
- The proclamation of Empire by the Sénat Conservateur
- Napoleonic legitimacies and the proclamation of Empire
Biographies:
- Many political personalities (in French) on the site napoleonica.org
- Lazare Carnot on napoleon.org
- Jean-François Curée on napoleon.org
Images:
- Napoleon I in his coronation robes, by Gérard
- Napoleon I, after Girodet
- Bust of Napoleon, by Chaudet
- Bust of Napoleon, by Canova
- The Imperial arms
Bibliography:
The Proclamation of Empire
IT HAD ALL STARTED SO WELL...
On 18 May, 1804, Napoleon became "Empereur des Français", and was annointed and crowned on 2 December. Precisely one year later came the great victory at Austerlitz, the augur of other great victories to come and the symbol of the French domination throughout Europe. But from 1810, the collapse of the Napoleon system seemed unavoidable, characterised by an ever thrusting forward in the hope of preserving an equilibrium in trouble...
This is the theme of the eagerly awaited second volume of the Nouvelle Histoire du Premier Empire in which Thierry Lentz brings us a new analysis of this critical period of French and European history.
Brilliant analysis, enviably easy style, as always a great read. We look forward volume du 3: La France et l'Europe de Napoléon (1804-1815), also published by Editions Fayard.
And for those who missed volume 1 (in French).
(I.D. with P.H.)
Wishing you an excellent, Napoleonic, week!
Peter Hicks
Historian and Web editor
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THIS WEEK:
Snippets
Napoleon fragment found in Library
What's on
- Commemoration: Ligny 2004
- Anniversary: Crimean War, in Santena (Italy)
- Exhibition: Napoleon. The Sacre, at the Musée Fesch, Ajaccio
- Talks: Centro Studi Gioacchino e Napoleone Circolo Culturale L'Agorà - 5 Maggio III
- Exhibition: Jean-Baptiste Wicar: portraits of the Bonaparte family
- Exhibition: Napoleon and the sea, a dream of Empire, Paris
- Exhibition: Napoleon and the Jouy Cloth
The monthly titles
- This month's book: The Amiens Truce: Britain and Bonaparte 1801-1803, by John D. Grainger
- This month's painting: The execution of the Duc d'Enghien, Jean-Paul Laurens
- This month's article: The proclamation of Empire by the Sénat Conservateur, by Thierry Lentz
- In the Collectors Corner, leaf from Napoleon's coronation crown
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