"The original versions of the chapters collected in this volume were first given as papers at a conference entitled Napoleon's Legacy: Problems of Government in Restoration Europe, held in the Institute of Historical Research in London on 18/19 April 1997"--Preface.
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Includes index.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Restoration government and the legacy of Napoleon / David Laven and Lucy Riall -- 'No, Minister': French restoration rejection of authoritarianism / Robert Alexander -- State and society in post-Napoleonic Italy / Marco Meriggi -- Enlightened absolutism versus theocracy in the Spanish restoration, 1814-50 / Charles Esdaile -- The Napoleonic legacy and problems of restoration in central Europe: the German confederation / Michael John -- Napoleon and Germany: a legacy in foreign policy / Brendan Simms -- The Polish kingdom (1815-1830): continuity or change / Andrezj Nieuwazny -- The Napoleonic legacy in the Rhineland and the politics of reform in restoration Prussia / Michael Rowe -- The restoration in Piedmont-Sardinia, 1814-1848: variations on reaction / Michael Broers -- The Royaume du midi of 1815 / Brian Fitzpatrick -- The 'impossible restoration': the left and the revolutionary and Napoleonic legacies / Pamela Pilbeam -- National colours and national identity in early nineteenth-century Germany / Andreas Fahrmeir -- The Napoleonic moment in Prussian church policy / Christopher Clark -- Cultures in interdiction: the politics of censorship in Italy from Napoleon to the restoration / John A. Davis -- 'The best way to keep the peace in a country': Napoleon's gendarmes and their legacy / Clive Emsley.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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A revisionist collection of essays which reassess the legacy of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars on the governments of Restoration Europe. The papers are based on recent research.
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