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Napoleon´s conquests were spectacular, but behind his wars, is an enduring legacy. A new generation of historians have re-evaluated the Napoleonic era and found that his real achievement was the creation of modern Europe as we know it.

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Preface Foreword to the Series Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Map Introduction: The Napoleonic Empire & the New European Political Culture: Towards Our Europe; M.Broers PART I: FRANCE 1799-1814 Introduction; M.Broers Imperial France in 1808 and beyond; T.Lentz The Origins of the Napoleonic System of Repression; H.Brown Policing, Rural Revolt and Conscription in Napoleonic France; A.Forrest Small state, Big Society: The Involvement of Citizens in 19th Century France; M.C.Thoral Napoleon as a Politician; P.Hicks PART II: THE LOW COUNTRIES, THE RHINELAND AND SWITZERLAND, 1792-1814 Introduction; M.Broers The Napoleonic Civil Code: The Belgian Case; M.Rapport The Dutch Case: the Kingdom of Holland and the Imperial Departments; M.Lok & M.van der Berg Resistance against Napoleon in the Kingdom of Holland; J.Joor A Tale of Two Cities: Aachen & Cologne in Napoleonic Europe; M.Rowe The Swiss Case in the Napoleonic Empire; G.Clemens PART III: CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE Introduction; M.Broers Resistance to Napoleonic Reform in the Grand Duchy of Berg, the Kingdom of the Westphalia and the South German states; U.Planert Napoleonic Rule in German Central Europe: Compliance and Resistance; K.Aaslestad The Napoleonic Administrative System in the Kingdom of Westphalia; N.P.Todorov The Prussian Era of Reforms; K.Hagemann PART IV: THE ITALIAN PENINSULAR & THE ILLYRIAN PROVINCES Introduction: M.Broers The Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy: State Administration; A.Grab The Imperial Departments of Napoleonic Italy: Resistance and Collaboration; M.Broers The Feudal Question in the Kingdom of Naples; A.M.Rao The Illyrian Provinces; R.Stauber PART V: SPAIN AND PORTUGAL 1800-1814 Introduction; M.Broers The Monarchy at Bayonne and the Constitution of Cadiz; E.La Parra Popular Resistance in Spain; J.R.Aymes Imperial Spain; J.M.Portillo The New Spanish Councils; M.Lorente Napoleonic Paradoxes in Europe: The Portuguese Case; F.D.Costa Conclusion: The Napoleonic Empire in the Age of Revolutions: The Contrast of Two National Representations; A.Jourdan Index

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