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Revolutionary Virtue and the French Army Revolutionary Virtue and the French Army
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The Preservation of Virtue and Armed Martyrdom under Napoleon The Preservation of Virtue and Armed Martyrdom under Napoleon
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Celebrating the Grande Armée: The Triumphs of 1807 and 1808 Celebrating the Grande Armée: The Triumphs of 1807 and 1808
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The Warrior Nation and Imperial Virtue The Warrior Nation and Imperial Virtue
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3 Imperial Virtue: The Evolution of French Patriotism
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Published:May 2012
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Abstract
This chapter concentrates on Napoleonic patriotism and demonstrates how Revolutionary virtue became Imperial virtue. Napoleonic military culture regularly communicated representations of the patrie to French soldiers and informed them of their obligations to it. While the France of the Consulate and the Empire bore some resemblance to the national community conceived by the Revolutionaries, it exhibited a far more aggressive character. Napoleonic France was presented to the Army of the Coasts of the Ocean, the Army of Hanover, and the Grande Armée as a warlike country driven by a need for military conquests and its commitment to preserving its reputation as the dominant nation in Europe. In addition, this concept of the patrie produced a new kind of French patriotism and fundamentally altered motivation in the French army.
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