La figure de l’ennemi

When the news of the emperor’s defeat in Belgium reaches France, the royalists aim to cut all links between the army and the people. To this end, a figurehead for the “enemy” is created, given physical and moral characteristics that make him alien and dangerous to the society, warmonger and brutal.C...

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Autor principal: Nagy, Laurent
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Idioma:Français
Publicat: 2016
Accés en línia:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Sumari:When the news of the emperor’s defeat in Belgium reaches France, the royalists aim to cut all links between the army and the people. To this end, a figurehead for the “enemy” is created, given physical and moral characteristics that make him alien and dangerous to the society, warmonger and brutal.Captain Barthélemy Bacheville fits perfectly this figure ad a diehard bonapartist, Old Guard officer. Both official reports and his memoirs enable Laurent Nagy to retrace his personal itinerary during the Second Restoration.