From Reich to state : the Rhineland in the revolutionary age, 1780-1830 /

Napoleon's contribution to Germany's development was immense. Under his hegemony, the millennium-old Holy Roman Empire dissolved, paving the way for a new order. Nowhere was the transformation more profound than in the Rhineland. Based upon an extensive range of German and French archival...

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Main Author: Rowe, Michael, 1970- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Series:New studies in European history.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. 1780-1801 : Enlightenment, revolution, occupation
  • Land, stadt and Reich
  • French invasion and exploitation
  • Part II. 1801-1813 : Napoleon
  • The Napoleonic method of government
  • Identities and state formation
  • War and society
  • The Rhineland and the continental system
  • Part III. 1813-1830 : Transition, reform, reaction
  • The end of the French Rhineland, 1813-1815
  • The Rhineland and the development of Prussia, 1815-1830
  • Reflections.