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Introduction: Napoleon, His Empire, Our Europe and the ‘New Napoleonic History’

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The Napoleonic Empire and the New European Political Culture

Part of the book series: War, Culture and Society, 1750–1850 ((WCS))

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This initial question may, at first, appear absurd, but it is nevertheless important: what is meant by the ‘French Empire’, both in 1808 and afterwards? What, in the Napoleonic system, constituted the Empire in its strictest sense?

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  1. Michael Broers
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. University of Oxford, UK

    Michael Broers (Professor of Western European History) (Professor of Western European History)

  2. Fondation Napoléon, France

    Peter Hicks (Historian, International Affairs Manager, Visiting Professor) (Historian, International Affairs Manager, Visiting Professor)

  3. Bath University, UK

    Peter Hicks (Historian, International Affairs Manager, Visiting Professor) (Historian, International Affairs Manager, Visiting Professor)

  4. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Madrid, Spain

    Agustin Guimerá (Researcher) (Researcher)

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© 2012 Michael Broers

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Broers, M. (2012). Introduction: Napoleon, His Empire, Our Europe and the ‘New Napoleonic History’. In: Broers, M., Hicks, P., Guimerá, A. (eds) The Napoleonic Empire and the New European Political Culture. War, Culture and Society, 1750–1850. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137271396_1

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