Napoleon: Conquest, Reform and Reorganisation

Probably no other single individual has had such a profound impact on the development of modern France and on that of nineteenth century Europe as Napoleon. Clive Emsley brings the subject up-to-date historiographically and provides an accessible introduction to the post revolutionary period in European history of 1799 to 1815.

• Provides a succinct summary of Napoleon¿s career, the difficulties of assessing it, and the current debates surrounding it.

• Contains a wide selection of primary source material and there are few similar collections of such material on the Napoleonic period available in English
• Usefully divided into three distinct parts: his career, his impact on France, his impact on Europe.

Chronology

Part One: Introduction

1. ¿My history is made up of facts, and words alone cannot destroy them¿

Part Two: Narrative

2. The Career and the Man

Making a Name

Mastering France

Mastering Europe

Losing Europe

Losing France

Mastering History

Understanding the Man

Reorganising France

Foundations

Finances and the Economy

Centralisation and Surveillance

The Code Napoleon

Church and School

Dissent and Disorder

Reorganising Europe

The Scope of the Empire

Support

Opposition

Part Three: Assessment

Results And Meanings

Legacy

Assessment

Part Four: Documents

Glossary

Who¿s Who

Index