The Napoleonic Quarterly

Help us produce more episodes by supporting the Napoleonic Quarterly on Patreon: patreon.com/napoleonicquarterly 1793. January. February. March. Three months in which the French revolutionary wave finally breaks against the rock of the Austrian military at Neerwinden... the French declare war against Britain, the Netherlands and Spain... and a King loses his head to the guillotine. This is episode...

Help us produce more episodes by supporting the Napoleonic Quarterly on Patreon: patreon.com/napoleonicquarterly Professor Alexander Mikaberidze of Louisiana State University discusses his ambitious history of the 1792-1815 period, The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History (2020).

Help us produce more episodes by supporting the Napoleonic Quarterly on Patreon: patreon.com/napoleonicquarterly Associate Professor Christy Pichichero of George Mason University discusses new and emerging historical approaches that tell the stories of the marginalised and the enslaved in the 1792-1815 period. 

Help us produce more episodes by supporting the Napoleonic Quarterly on Patreon: patreon.com/napoleonicquarterly Professor David Andress of the University of Portsmouth discusses the role of emotion during the French Revolution.

Help us produce more episodes by supporting the Napoleonic Quarterly on Patreon: patreon.com/napoleonicquarterly What to expect from the Napoleonic Quarterly in the coming weeks.

1792. October, November, December. Three months in which the French win a major victory against the Austrians, opening up the road into Belgium... An extraordinary and audacious raid over the Rhine gets out of hand… And the British government is beginning to realise that events on the continent are starting to get a little out of hand. This is episode four of the Napoleonic Quarterly – covering th...

1792. July, August, September: three months in which the French win a surprising first victory at Valmy… A fevered atmosphere in Paris leads to the removal of the King and the founding of a Republic… And in eastern Europe Russia has its way with Poland with a disaster for King Stanislaus now in the offing. This is episode three of the Napoleonic Quarterly, in which the myth of the irresistible Fre...

1792. April, May, June: three months in which the French Revolutionary Wars begin in earnest… the Haitian Slave Revolt takes a turn for the worse… and Russian forces intent on crushing the Poles begin rolling westwards towards Warsaw. This is episode two of the Napoleonic Quarterly, and swords are being unsheathed across the European mainland. [08:00] - Rafe Blaufarb on the state of the French mil...

1792. January, February, March. Three months in which the French Revolution burns for war… Austria and Prussia move their troops towards the border with France… and Britain resolutely ignores Prussia’s appeal to join the coalition. This is episode one of The Napoleonic Quarterly – covering three months in which the continent of Europe moves to the brink of war. [05:21] - Professor Emeritus Charles...

In this new podcast about the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars leading historians of the period break down the conflicts, diplomacy and politics of 1792-1815 into episodes covering three months at a time.