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Napoleon and the Transformation of Europe

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  • Explores Napoleon's impact on all ten states that constituted his Empire, and not just France
    Covers the period from the revolutionary years to the fall of Napoleon
    Incorporates the latest scholarship

Part of the book series: European History in Perspective (EUROHIP)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. The Formation of the Napoleonic Empire

    • Alexander Grab
    Pages 1-18
  3. France

    • Alexander Grab
    Pages 34-59
  4. The Netherlands

    • Alexander Grab
    Pages 60-74
  5. Belgium

    • Alexander Grab
    Pages 75-84
  6. Germany

    • Alexander Grab
    Pages 85-111
  7. Switzerland

    • Alexander Grab
    Pages 112-122
  8. Spain

    • Alexander Grab
    Pages 123-143
  9. Portugal

    • Alexander Grab
    Pages 144-151
  10. The Italian Peninsula

    • Alexander Grab
    Pages 152-175
  11. The Grand Duchy of Warsaw

    • Alexander Grab
    Pages 176-187
  12. The Illyrian Provinces

    • Alexander Grab
    Pages 188-196
  13. The Collapse of the Napoleonic Empire

    • Alexander Grab
    Pages 197-203
  14. Conclusion: The Legacy of Napoleon

    • Alexander Grab
    Pages 204-211
  15. Back Matter

    Pages 212-249

About this book

Creating a French Empire and establishing French dominance over Europe constituted Napoleon's most important and consistent aims. In this fascinating book, Alexander Grab explores Napoleon's European policies, as well as the response of the European people to his rule, and demonstrates that Napoleon was as much a part of European history as he was a part of French history.

Napoleon and the Transformation of Europe:
- examines the formation of Napoleon's Empire, the Emporer's impact throughout Europe, and how the Continent responded to his policies
- focuses on the principal developments and events in the ten states that comprised Napoleon's Grand Empire: France itself, Belgium, Germany, the Illyrian Provinces, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, and Switzerland
- analyses Napoleon's exploitation of occupied Europe
- discusses the broad reform policies Napoleon launched in Europe, assesses their success, and argues that the French leader was a major reformer and a catalyst of modernity on a European scale

About the author

ALEXANDER GRAB is Professor of History at the University of Maine.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Napoleon and the Transformation of Europe

  • Authors: Alexander Grab

  • Series Title: European History in Perspective

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4039-3757-5

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2003

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 249

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: European History