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    Imperial City: Rome under Napoleon
    Imperial City: Rome under Napoleon
    Imperial City: Rome under Napoleon
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    Imperial City: Rome under Napoleon

    By Susan Vandiver Nicassio

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    In 1798, the armies of the French Revolution tried to transform Rome from the capital of the Papal States to a Jacobin Republic. For the next two decades, Rome was the subject of power struggles between the forces of the Empire and the Papacy, while Romans endured the unsuccessful efforts of Napoleon’s best and brightest to pull the ancient city into the modern world. Against this historical backdrop, Nicassio weaves together an absorbing social, cultural, and political history of Rome and its people. Based on primary sources and incorporating two centuries of Italian, French, and international research, her work reveals what life was like for Romans in the age of Napoleon.
     

    “A remarkable book that wonderfully vivifies an understudied era in the history of Rome. . . . This book will engage anyone interested in early modern cities, the relationship between religion and daily life, and the history of the city of Rome.”—Journal of Modern History
     

    “An engaging account of Tosca’s Rome. . . . Nicassio provides a fluent introduction to her subject.”—History Today
     

    “Meticulously researched, drawing on a host of original manuscripts, memoirs, personal letters, and secondary sources, enabling [Nicassio] to bring her story to life.”—History

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press
    Release dateOct 15, 2009
    ISBN9780226579740
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