Napoleonic freedom of worship in law and art

No. Panggil :	eja-21-0645
Nama Orang :	Cooper, Levi






Penerbitan :	[Place of publication not identified] : Cambridge - Crime, 2019

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Abstrak	Napoleon s most famous innovation in his legendary military career was the use of the daunting Grande Armée with an emphasis on speed, maneuverability, and maintaining the offensive. Yet Napoleon understood that while skirmishes were won or lost on the bat tleeld, the real war lay in public perception. To that end, Napoleon used art and cultural treasures as part of his arsenal in order to create the perception of victory, regardless of the outcome of any particular campaign. Examining contemporary French artistic representa tions of Napoleon granting freedom of worship to religious groups, this article analyzes art work as a tool for fashioning and communicating legal narrative. Popular visual arts are mined for meaning, painting a portrait of the legal and cultural setting of these creative works. The partisan artwork demonstrates how Napoleon s artists depicted freedom of worship as the freedom granted to all faiths to worship Napoleon. It is noted that Jews feature disproportionately in the Empire period s depictions of freedom of worship. This is surprising, as the Jewish community was numerically insignificant and hardly influential in Napoleon s realm. This article argues that in addition to broadcasting religious tolerance, Napoleonic artwork used Jews and symbols like Moses and tablets of law to fash ion a narrative of law that foregrounded the legal legitimacy of Napoleon s rule: Napoleon s regime is legally just; the enlightened ruler affords rights and liberties to all his subjects; divine Napoleon is the new lawgiver.
Entri Tambahan Nama Orang
001 Hak Akses (open/membership)	membership
Kata Kunci	freedom of worship, liberté des cultes, Napoleon, tablets of law, Moses, legal narrative
ISSN
Tahun Terbit	2019
No. Induk	eja-21-0645
Entri Sumber Data	Cambridge - Crime
Entri Utama Nama orang	Cooper, Levi
Volume, Nomor, Tahun dan Hlm.	vol. 34, no. 1, p. 3-41
Entri Utama Nama Badan
Barcode	eja-21-0645
Subjek Topik
Judul Utama	Napoleonic freedom of worship in law and art
Kode Bahasa	eng
Sumber Koleksi	Perpustakaan Nasional