France

John Dunne signposts main landmarks and current directions in the historiographical debate.

Charles Esdaile explores grass roots opposition to Napoleonic rule, the forms it took and how the empire fought back.

Michael Broers explores the measures and restrictions imposed by Napoleon on his many subjects and how, within the boundaries of the Empire, they responded to his rule.

Janet L. Nelson looks at the history of this church in the small town in the North-Rhine Westfalia region of western Germany.

The Spirit of the Age or The Scourge of Nations? Jeremy Black sets the scene for our major series on the impact of Napoleon on Europe.

A.D. Harvey looks at the enduring myth surrounding one of history’s ‘Great Men’, and how he dominated the nineteenth-century imagination outside France.

David Parker defends a controversial term against its critics.

Max Beloff reviews a fresh account of de Gaulle and the Free French movement.

Edited by H.R. Kedward and Nancy WoodMarching to Captivity. The War Diaries of a French PeasantGustave Folcher, translated by Christopher HillRescue as Resistance. How Jewish Organisations fought the Holocaust in FranceLucien Lazare, translated by Jeffrey M. Green

Geoffrey Treasure reassesses a tarnished reputation.