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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813219803321

Autore

Zarzeczny Matthew Donald

Titolo

Meteors that enlighten the Earth : Napoleon and the cult of great men / / by Matthew Donald Zarzeczny

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK, : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2013

ISBN

1-4438-4310-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (267 p.)

Disciplina

944.05092

Soggetti

Europe Politics and government 1789-1900

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally presented as the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2009.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY

Sommario/riassunto

Napoleon promoted and honored great men throughout his reign. In addition to comparing himself to various great men, he famously established a Legion of Honor on 19 May 1802 to honor both civilians and soldiers, including non-ethnically French men. Napoleon not only created an Irish Legion in 1803 and later awarded William Lawless and John Tennent the Legion of Honour. Napoleon also gave them an Eagle with the inscription "L'IndeĢpendence d'Irlande." He awarded twenty-six of his generals t...