Napoleon's second Sacre? Iéna and the ceremonial translation of Frederick the Great's Insignia in 1807

Biskup, Thomas

Abstract

By the end of 1806, and within only a few months, Napoleon had completely overthrown the political order of central Europe. In summer, the Confederation of the Rhine had been set up under French domination, and the Holy Roman Empire had been dissolved; in autumn, Prussia, the only great power that had as yet remained untouched by the Napoleonic Wars, had virtually collapsed after the simultaneous French victories at Jena and Auerstädt. As a consequence, much of North Germany, until then ‘neutralised’ under Prussian hegemony, was integrated into the French domain, and in the peace treaty of Tilsit, concluded in the following year, Prussia was reduced to a second-rank power. Napoleon, after beating the Habsburg Monarchy in the previous year, was now indisputedly master of Germany.

Citation

Biskup, T. (2009). Napoleon's second Sacre? Iéna and the ceremonial translation of Frederick the Great's Insignia in 1807. In A. Forrest, & P. H. Wilson (Eds.), The Bee and the Eagle: Napoleonic France and the End of the Holy Roman Empire, 1806 (172-190). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230236738_10

• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2009
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Pages: 172-190
• Series Title: War, Culture and Society, 1750–1850
• Book Title: The Bee and the Eagle: Napoleonic France and the End of the Holy Roman Empire, 1806
• Chapter Number: 9
• ISBN: 9780230008939
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230236738_10
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/396283
• Contract Date: Jan 1, 2008