Meteors that Enlighten the Earth : Napoleon and the Cult of Great Men.
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TextPublication details: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2013.Description: 1 online resource (267 pages)Content type: - text
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- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 -- Contemporaries
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 -- Influence
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
- France -- History -- Consulate and First Empire, 1799-1815
- France -- Intellectual life -- 19th century
- Hero worship -- France -- History -- 19th century
- France -- Vie intellectuelle -- 19e siècle
- Héros -- Culte -- France -- Histoire -- 19e siècle
- HISTORY -- Europe -- France
- Contemporaries
- Hero worship
- Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
- Intellectual life
- France
- 1799-1899
- 944.05092
- DC201 .Z384 2013
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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'Indépendence d'Irlande." He awarded twenty-six of his generals t ...
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TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY.
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