French rule in the states of Parma, 1796-1814 : working with Napoleon / / Doina Pasca Harsanyi

• Autore: Harsanyi Doina Pasca
• Pubblicazione: Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer International Publishing, , [2022]; ©2022
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (293 pages)
• Disciplina: 938.07
• Soggetto topico: Military campaigns; Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 - Campaigns - Italy
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Prelude to Napoleon -- Ralliement Avant la Lettre -- Administration, Legislation and Tax Collection -- Agriculture and Industry -- Cultural Policies -- The University of Parma -- The Education of the Infant -- Dashed Hopes and the End of Reforms -- Chapter 3: Parma and Bonaparte -- Revolutionary Waves and Realpolitik -- Furti d'arte -- Chapter 4: From Duchies of Parma to States of Parma -- Du Tillot bis -- Legal Systems and Administration -- Tax Collection -- Economy -- Cultural Reforms -- Napoleon's Visit -- Monks, Nuns and Financial Headaches -- A Well-Meaning Proconsul -- Chapter 5: Watershed: The Insurrection -- Volunteer National Guards -- Revulsion and Excitement -- The Events -- Military Repression -- Agostino Botti: Service and Self-Interest -- An Accidental Martyr -- Chapter 6: Explanatory Narratives: Brigandage -- Local Italian Sources -- Anti-French Sentiments -- French Sources: Foreign Intervention and Malevolent Priests -- Streamlining Information -- Professional Incompetence -- Brigandage -- The People -- The Perils of Collaboration -- An Unexpected Stumbling Point -- Chapter 7: Pacification -- Pragmatism and Ambiguity -- La douceur -- Rallying to the French -- Napoleon's Reaction -- Crackdown -- Chapter 8: Order into Chaos -- Institutional Overhaul -- Economy and Taxation -- Conscription -- Velvet Gloves -- Amnesty -- A Kind and Paternalistic Administration -- Sbirri: Past and Present -- Chapter 9: Wooing the Elites -- The Heart -- The Mind -- An Exemplary Bureaucrat -- Chapter 10: Elite Collaboration -- Modernization -- A Chance Like No Other -- Obsequiousness and Equivocation -- Accommodation -- The Limits of Persuasion -- Chapter 11: The End of the Road: Conclusions -- The Remains of the Day -- xxx -- Bibliography -- A -- B. ; C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- J -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Manuscript Collections -- Archives Nationales Paris. -- Archives du Ministère des Affaires Etrangères. -- Archives du Ministère de la Défense. -- Archivio di Stato di Parma. Inv. 49, Gridario 1796-1814. -- Archivio di Stato Piacenza. -- Biblioteca Palatina Parma. -- Published Primary Documents -- People Index -- Place Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: French Rule in the States of Parma, 1796-1814
• ISBN: 3-030-97340-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910568294103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: War, Culture and Society, 1750 -1850