"Napoleon’s Italian Coronation May 1805" Topic

"Napoleon was the first new dynast Europe had witnessed since the Hohenzollerns had become Kings in Prussia in 1701.1 In many ways, this meant he was venturing into unknown territory. He could be described, using the well-known concept coined by Eric Hobsbawn and Terence Ranger, as the first great impresario of ‘invented traditions.'2 As the work of, Philip Mansel, Luigi Mascilli Migliorini, Thierry Lentz and Jean Tulard has shown, Napoleon was a cultural acrobat when it came to creating ceremonies, symbols and institutions that, although brand new, preserved a patina of historical significance and nostalgia.3 When it came to counterfeiting heritage, he was hors de pair. The Imperial Coronation in Notre Dame and the establishment of the French Imperial Court have received substantial interest from researchers.4 More generally, Coronations and royal inaugurations, as instruments of the culture of power…"
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The response suggests this may not be of great interest to wargamers or those interested in the military history of this period. But it is a masterful piece of work. Is this a thesis, rather than a paper for publication?

I guess what I am asking is how you found it.

I just cannot get used to references as footnotes, rather than numbers in superscript, with references, as a table, at the end. But my two lads, over a very prolonged and "heavy" lunch yesterday, insisted that is how historians do it. I did sleep well last night……….

I do see the author has given contact details too…..