The Daily Problems Faced by a French Prefect in the Trasimène Department During the Napoleonic Occupation
Pinaud, Pierre-François
The Daily Problems Faced by a French Prefect in the Trasimène Department During the Napoleonic Occupation - 2017.
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This article uses the public and private correspondence of the prefect Antoine-Marie Roederer to reveal the vicissitudes of prefectural life in a newly created department far from Paris. The career of Roederer fils in Italy is representative of the problems facing imperial prefects: distance from Paris bringing impotence; the inertia of the local administration when faced with orders from Paris; lack of connection with the realities of the population under French administration. Only Napoleon’s fall could bring about Roederer fils’ return to Paris, despite his success in his Département.
The Daily Problems Faced by a French Prefect in the Trasimène Department During the Napoleonic Occupation - 2017.
43
This article uses the public and private correspondence of the prefect Antoine-Marie Roederer to reveal the vicissitudes of prefectural life in a newly created department far from Paris. The career of Roederer fils in Italy is representative of the problems facing imperial prefects: distance from Paris bringing impotence; the inertia of the local administration when faced with orders from Paris; lack of connection with the realities of the population under French administration. Only Napoleon’s fall could bring about Roederer fils’ return to Paris, despite his success in his Département.
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