"The Age of George III" Topic

"Sometimes the French Wars are broken down into different parts. For example, the period 1792-1799 can be called the Revolutionary Wars; the period 1799-1815 is sometimes known as the age of the Napoleonic Wars; the whole period 1792-1815 is that of the French Wars.

In an attempt to prevent France from over-running the whole of Europe, Pitt was eager to see the establishment of coalitions. European armies could then fight France on land and allow the Royal Navy to deal with the French fleets. The aim of the various coalitions was to combine European monarchies against the French Revolutionaries (that is, the Jacobin Republic) who (like the Americans before them) were influenced by ideals – in the case of the French, liberty, equality, fraternity and democracy…"
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Ok, enough of the frivolity today… lets get serious!

Exactly who, when, and where did these ructions get formalised and sequenced, Coalitions I- VI etc., that so dysfunctionally break up the continuum?

>>The French Wars: 1792-1806
Sometimes the French Wars are broken down into different parts. For example, the period 1792-1799 can be called the Revolutionary Wars; the period 1799-1815 is sometimes known as the age of the Napoleonic Wars; the whole period 1792-1815 is that of the French Wars.<<

Really? Phrase I've NEVER actually seen or heard used, that term, ever in the acedemic studies over 45 years or so.

I'm not averse to the more logical time line version.

As noted elsewhere, 'he' gets the credit for notariety but wasn't actually the specific agressor every time. YMMV tho!
It is however, churlish to believe the PR spin applied by the 'Council' of monarchs that 'outlawed' him alone, when in fact he'd always been the target, even from the days of assassination attempts.

>>by the end of 1797 Napoleon Bonaparte had made a deep impression in France:
Are you sure? When did he formally 'frenchify' his names?

Joyeux Noel &c…

I do love a terminology argument. No one in 1914-19 (and I do mean 19) called it the First World War (or even the Great War). Countless similar examples. Retrospect is great when deciding which war one fought in. Try listing the names applied to the ACW……..even to this day

I see in the machinations of Alexander I in 1804 with GB in response to France et al. he talked of "a European Federation" and "the league of nations of good faith"…

"Phrase I've NEVER actually seen or heard used,"

Meaning- 'The French Wars' or 'Great French War' ?

Not that uncommon, I'd say, and I believe the contemporary English term in the immediate aftermath.

Well I'm not old enough to know…

..The rest is history