Collaboration and resistance in Napoleonic Europe : state formation in an age of upheaval, c. 1800-1815

In this fascinating study Michael Rowe focuses on state-formation in Napoleonic Europe. It brings together the research findings of specialists in the histories of Europe's constituent nations and states during a momentous period in their development. Thematically focused and integrated within a comparative framework, the individual contributions explore areas as diverse as Britain, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Spain and Russia. What impact did Napoleon have on these nations, and how did they respond to his challenge? Front Matter....Pages i-xii Introduction....Pages 1-18 Confidence from Below? Collaboration and Resistance in the Napoleonic Plebiscites....Pages 19-36 State-formation and Resistance: The Army and Local Elites in Napoleonic France....Pages 37-54 Centre and Periphery in Napoleonic Italy: The Nature of French Rule in the départements réunis, 1800–1814....Pages 55-73 The Many Faces of Modernity: French Rule in Southern Italy, 1806–1815....Pages 74-89 Popular Mobilisation in Spain, 1808–1810: A Reassessment....Pages 90-106 Centralisation versus Particularism in the ‘Third Germany’....Pages 107-120 Napoleonic Germany and State-formation....Pages 121-152 Opportunity or Threat? Napoleon and the Hungarian Estates....Pages 153-168 The Attitudes of the Polish Political Elite towards the State in the Period of the Duchy of Warsaw, 1807–1815....Pages 169-185 Russia and Napoleon: State, Society and the Nation....Pages 186-202 State-formation, Public Resistance and Nation-building in Scandinavia in the Era of Revolution and Napoleon, 1789–1815....Pages 203-212 The British State and the Napoleonic Wars, 1799–1815....Pages 213-237 Back Matter....Pages 238-254 In this fascinating study, the twelve contributors focus on state-formation in Napoleonic Europe. Based upon the 3rd Wiles Trust Colloquium, it brings together the research findings of specilists in the histories of Europe's constituent nations and states during a momentous period in their development. Thematically focused and integrated within a comparative framework, the individual contributions explore areas as diverse as Britain, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Spain and Russia. What impact did Napoleon have on the development of these states? How did they respond to the challenge he represented? How, as a result of the unprecedented scale of warfare that characterised this age, did the relationship between governments and peoples, princes and subjects, and elites and the masses, change? To what extent did the Napoleonic era mark the birth of modern Europe? These, and other questions are explored in a volume that reflects both Europe's diversity and shared experience. In this study, Michael Rowe focuses on state formation in Napoleonic Europe, bringing together the research findings of specialists in the histories of Europe's constituent nations and states during a momentous period in their development