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The '''Fondation Napoléon''' is a foundation, registered as a French non-profit organization (reconnue d'utilité publique) on November 12, 1987. It's mission is to encourage and support study and interest in the history of the [[First French Empire|First]] and [[Second French Empire]]s and to support the preservation of [[Napoleonic era|Napoleonic Heritage]].
The '''Fondation Napoléon''' is registered as a [[France|French]] [[Nonprofit organization|non-profit organization]] (reconnue d'utilité publique) on 12 November 1987. The foundation aims to encourage and support study and interest in the history of the [[First French Empire|First]] and [[Second French Empire|Second French Empires]], and to support the preservation of [[Napoleonic era|Napoleonic Heritage]]{{peacock|date=November 2011}}
The '''Fondation Napoléon''' is registered as a French [[Nonprofit organization|non-profit organization]] (reconnue d'utilité publique) on 12 November 1987. The foundation aims to encourage and support study and interest in the history of the [[First French Empire|First]] and [[Second French Empire]]s, and to support the preservation of [[Napoleonic era|Napoleonic Heritage]].


== Mission and activities ==
== Mission and activities ==
The Foundation Napoléon promotes research on the history of the two French Empires, most notably by awarding six research grants to Ph.D. candidates in French and non-French. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.napoleon.org/en/fondation/research_grants/index.asp|title=Research grants on napoleon.org|accessdate=12 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111213024126/http://www.napoleon.org/en/fondation/research_grants/index.asp|archive-date=13 December 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> It also awards annual History Prizes
The Fondation Napoléon promotes research of the history of the two French Empires, most notably by awarding six research grants to French and non-French [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] candidates.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.napoleon.org/en/fondation/research_grants/index.asp|title=Research grants on napoleon.org|accessdate=12 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111213024126/http://www.napoleon.org/en/fondation/research_grants/index.asp|archive-date=13 December 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> It also awards an annual History Prize<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.napoleon.org/en/fondation/history_grands_prix/index.asp|title=History Prizes|accessdate=12 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111202172645/http://www.napoleon.org/en/fondation/history_grands_prix/index.asp|archive-date=2 December 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> for outstanding works on subjects related to the two French Empires (in French and other European languages). The foundation also helps to organize academic conferences, bicentennial and sesquicentennial commemorations, Napoleonic book publishing, and exhibition catalogues.
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.napoleon.org/en/fondation/history_grands_prix/index.asp|title=History Prizes|accessdate=12 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111202172645/http://www.napoleon.org/en/fondation/history_grands_prix/index.asp|archive-date=2 December 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> for outstanding works on subjects related to the two French Empires (in French and other European languages). The Foundation also helps to organize academic conferences, bicentennial and sesquicentennial commemorations, Napoleonic book publishing, and exhibition catalogues.


=== Save Longwood, Napoleon's House on St Helena ===
=== Save Longwood, Napoleon's House on St Helena ===
In December 2010, the Foundation launched an international appeal to save [[Longwood House|Napoleon's house]] on the island of [[St Helena]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.napoleon.org/en/fondation/partner/sthelena.asp | title=St Helena Appeal | publisher=Fondation Napoleon | date=2016| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307105827/http://en.fondationnapoleon.org/activities-and-services/preserving-heritage/operation-st-helena/ | archivedate= March 7, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The funds collected were to be used to pay for the restoration of the buildings in which Napoleon and his entourage lived in [[Napoleon#Exile on Saint Helena|exile on St Helena]] from 1815 to 1821. The appeal is supported by the [[French Ministry of Foreign Affairs]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fondation-patrimoine.org/fr/ile-de-france-12/tous-les-projets-593/detail-maison-de-napoleon-a-sainte-helene-11796|title=Save Napoleon's House on St Helena|publisher={{ill|Fondation du Patrimoine|fr}}|accessdate=6 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009105624/http://fondation-patrimoine.org/fr/ile-de-france-12/tous-les-projets-593/detail-maison-de-napoleon-a-sainte-helene-11796|archive-date=9 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In December 2010, the foundation launched an international appeal to save [[Longwood House|Napoleon's house]] on the island of [[St Helena]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.napoleon.org/en/fondation/partner/sthelena.asp | title=St Helena Appeal | publisher=Fondation Napoleon | date=2016| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307105827/http://en.fondationnapoleon.org/activities-and-services/preserving-heritage/operation-st-helena/ | archivedate= March 7, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The funds collected were to be used to pay for the restoration of the buildings in which Napoleon and his entourage lived in [[Napoleon#Exile on Saint Helena|exile on St Helena]] from 1815 to 1821. The appeal was supported by the [[French Ministry of Foreign Affairs]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fondation-patrimoine.org/fr/ile-de-france-12/tous-les-projets-593/detail-maison-de-napoleon-a-sainte-helene-11796|title=Save Napoleon's House on St Helena|publisher={{ill|Fondation du Patrimoine|fr}}|accessdate=6 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009105624/http://fondation-patrimoine.org/fr/ile-de-france-12/tous-les-projets-593/detail-maison-de-napoleon-a-sainte-helene-11796|archive-date=9 October 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>


=== Opposition to the removal of the Statue of Napoleon in Rouen ===
=== Opposition to the removal of the Statue of Napoleon in Rouen ===
In September 2020, the mayor of [[Rouen]], [[Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol]] ([[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist]]), wished to replace the [[Statue of Napoleon (Rouen)|statue of Napoleon]] with a statue or work of art dedicated to the recently deceased feminist [[Gisèle Halimi]]. The plans were strongly opposed by the leader of the city's opposition, Jean-François Bures. Historian Thierry Lentz, director of the Foundation Napoléon, called the plans "[[cancel culture]]" and argued that Napoleon was a benefactor of Rouen, making him more locally relevant than Halimi.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lentz |first1=Thierry |title=Statue of Napoleon in Rouen: "It is a question of respecting our history" |url=https://www.napoleon.org/en/history-of-the-two-empires/articles/statue-of-napoleon-in-rouen-it-is-a-question-of-respecting-our-history/ |access-date=28 February 2022 |publisher=Fondation Napoléon |date=27 September 2021}}</ref> In December 2021, a survey of 4,080 residents found that 68% wanted the statue to remain, and the city council said it would respect the result.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lang-Roth |first1=Cédric |title=Rouen : la statue de Napoléon va faire son retour sur le parvis de l'hôtel de ville|trans-title=Rouen: statue of Napoleon will make its return to the forecourt of the city hall|url=https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/societe/rouen-la-statue-de-napoleon-va-faire-son-retour-sur-le-parvis-de-l-hotel-de-ville-1639392603 |access-date=28 February 2022 |publisher=[[France Bleu]] |date=13 December 2021 |language=French}}</ref> Later in December 2021, the statue was registered as a ''[[monument historique]]''.
In September 2020, [[Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol]], the mayor of [[Rouen]] and member of the [[French Socialist Party]], wished to replace the [[Statue of Napoleon (Rouen)|statue of Napoleon]] with a statue or work of art dedicated to the recently deceased [[Feminism|feminist]] [[Gisèle Halimi]]. The plans were strongly opposed by the leader of the city's opposition, Jean-François Bures. Historian and director of the Fondation Napoléon, [[:fr:Thierry Lentz|Thierry Lentz]], called the plans "[[cancel culture]]" and argued that Napoleon was a [[Benefactor (law)|benefactor]] of Rouen, making him more locally relevant than Halimi.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lentz |first1=Thierry |title=Statue of Napoleon in Rouen: "It is a question of respecting our history" |url=https://www.napoleon.org/en/history-of-the-two-empires/articles/statue-of-napoleon-in-rouen-it-is-a-question-of-respecting-our-history/ |access-date=28 February 2022 |publisher=Fondation Napoléon |date=27 September 2021}}</ref> In December 2021, a survey of 4,080 residents found that 68% wanted the statue to remain, and the city council said it would respect the result.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lang-Roth |first1=Cédric |title=Rouen : la statue de Napoléon va faire son retour sur le parvis de l'hôtel de ville|trans-title=Rouen: statue of Napoleon will make its return to the forecourt of the city hall|url=https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/societe/rouen-la-statue-de-napoleon-va-faire-son-retour-sur-le-parvis-de-l-hotel-de-ville-1639392603 |access-date=28 February 2022 |publisher=[[France Bleu]] |date=13 December 2021 |language=French}}</ref> Later in December 2021, the statue was registered as a ''[[monument historique]]'' ('''historic monument''' in English).


=== Publication of the ''General Correspondence of Napoleon Bonaparte'' ===
=== Publication of the ''General Correspondence of Napoleon Bonaparte'' ===
In 2002, the Fondation launched its grand project to publish the most complete version ever of the ''General Correspondence'' of [[Napoleon|Napoleon I]] (fifteen volumes completed by 2018).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://fondationnapoleon.org/en/activities-and-services/telling-history/correspondence-napoleon/?/ | title=The Correspondence of Napoleon | publisher=Fondation Napoleon | date=2019 | accessdate=April 12, 2019}}</ref> This project is in partnership with the French [[Archives nationales (France)|Archives nationales]], the French Archives du Ministère des Affaires étrangères, and with the support of the Fondation La Poste. The end result will be the publication of fourteen volumes and more than 40,000 letters, all with commentary and checked as much as possible against originals in public and private collections. Volume 8, containing letters for the year 1808 and the war in Spain, was published in November 2011 by [[Editions Fayard]].
In 2002, the Fondation launched a project in partnership with the French [[Archives nationales (France)|Archives nationales]], the French Archives du Ministère des Affaires étrangères, and with the support of the Fondation La Poste, to publish the most complete version of the ''General Correspondence'' of [[Napoleon|Napoleon I]]. Volume 8 was published in November 2011 by [[Editions Fayard]], containing letters from the [[Peninsular War|war in Spain]] in 1808.

The project was completed in 2018 with the publication of the fifteenth and final volume.<ref name=":0">{{cite web | url=https://fondationnapoleon.org/en/activities-and-services/telling-history/correspondence-napoleon/?/ | title=The Correspondence of Napoleon | publisher=Fondation Napoleon | date=2019 | accessdate=April 12, 2019}}</ref> The project now aims to digitise all volumes to be viewed online, with the entire collection due to be available by the end of 2023. The first volume was due to be made available online from May 2022.<ref name=":0" />{{Citation needed|date=February 2024}}


=== Libraries, web sites and e-review ===
=== Libraries, web sites and e-review ===


==== Libraries ====
==== Libraries ====
* The Napoleonic Digital Library<ref>{{cite web | url=http://bibliotheque-martial-lapeyre.napoleon.org/Default/bibliotheque-numerique-digital-library.aspx | title=Bibliothèque-Library - Bibliothèque numérique Digital Library | publisher=Fondation Napoléon | accessdate=April 12, 2019}}</ref> (online since 2010) - downloadable e-texts (books, offprints, etc.)
* The Napoleonic Digital Library<ref>{{cite web | url=http://bibliotheque-martial-lapeyre.napoleon.org/Default/bibliotheque-numerique-digital-library.aspx | title=Bibliothèque-Library - Bibliothèque numérique Digital Library | publisher=Fondation Napoléon | accessdate=April 12, 2019}}</ref> has been online since 2010 and provides downloadable e-texts (books, offprints, etc.)
* The Fondation Napoléon's library, the Bibliothèque Martial-Lapeyre / Fondation Napoléon, open to the general public.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fondationnapoleon.org/en/activities-and-services/furthering-research/bibliotheque-m-lapeyre-library/?/|title=Bibliothèque M. Lapeyre Library|website=Fondation Napoleon|accessdate=12 April 2019}}</ref>
* The Fondation Napoléon's library, the Bibliothèque Martial-Lapeyre/ Fondation Napoléon, is open to the general public.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fondationnapoleon.org/en/activities-and-services/furthering-research/bibliotheque-m-lapeyre-library/?/|title=Bibliothèque M. Lapeyre Library|website=Fondation Napoleon|accessdate=12 April 2019}}</ref>


==== Websites ====
==== Websites ====
* napoleon.org<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.napoleon.org/|title=napoleon.org - Le site d'histoire de la Fondation Napoléon|website=napoleon.org|accessdate=12 April 2019}}</ref> (founded in 1996), provides the general public with accurate details on the history of the First and Second Empires (articles, close-ups, biographies, image database...) and a Magazine (Just published, Interviews, What's on...). This site is entirely bi-lingual (English/French) and updated daily. The Bibliothèque Martial-Lapeyre library catalogue can be accessed from this site.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.napoleon.org/Publication_Aloes/images/style7/entree.htm|title=Catalogue of the Bibliothèque Martial Lapeyre on napoleon.org|accessdate=12 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405094853/http://www.napoleon.org/Publication_Aloes/images/style7/entree.htm|archive-date=5 April 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> A weekly news bulletin<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.napoleon.org/|title=napoleon.org - Le site d'histoire de la Fondation Napoléon|website=napoleon.org|accessdate=12 April 2019}}</ref> keeps readers up to date.
* napoleon.org<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.napoleon.org/|title=napoleon.org - Le site d'histoire de la Fondation Napoléon|website=napoleon.org|accessdate=12 April 2019}}</ref> was founded in 1996 and provides the public with precise historical information about the First and Second Empires (articles, close-ups, biographies, image database) and a magazine (newly published content, interviews, events listings). This site is bilingual (English and French) and updated daily. The Bibliothèque Martial-Lapeyre library catalogue can be accessed from this site.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.napoleon.org/Publication_Aloes/images/style7/entree.htm|title=Catalogue of the Bibliothèque Martial Lapeyre on napoleon.org|accessdate=12 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405094853/http://www.napoleon.org/Publication_Aloes/images/style7/entree.htm|archive-date=5 April 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> A weekly news bulletin<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.napoleon.org/|title=napoleon.org - Le site d'histoire de la Fondation Napoléon|website=napoleon.org|accessdate=12 April 2019}}</ref> keeps readers up to date.
* napoleonica.org,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.napoleonica.org/index.html|title=Napoleonica, archives et documents napoléoniens|website=www.napoleonica.org|accessdate=12 April 2019}}</ref> founded in 1999, hosts digitised archival documents related to the history of France's First Empire: Archives of the French Conseil d'État (Council of State), Correspondence of [[Vivant Denon]] (first director of the Louvre Museum), documents related to the Proclamation of the First Empire, etc.
* napoleonica.org<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.napoleonica.org/index.html|title=Napoleonica, archives et documents napoléoniens|website=www.napoleonica.org|accessdate=12 April 2019}}</ref> was founded in 1999 and hosts digitised archival documents related to the history of France's First Empire, such as archives from the French ''[[Conseil d'État (France)|Conseil d'État]]'' (Council of State), correspondence of [[Vivant Denon]] (first director of the Louvre Museum), and documents related to the Proclamation of the First Empire, amongst others.


==== E-review ====
==== E-review ====
*Napoleonica La Revue<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cairn.info/revue-napoleonica-la-revue.htm|title=Revue Napoleonica. La Revue - Cairn.info|publisher=|accessdate=6 October 2014}}</ref> (founded in 2008) is a bi-lingual international peer-review periodical of articles on the two Napoleonic empires. It is hosted by [[Cairn.info]]
*Napoleonica La Revue<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cairn.info/revue-napoleonica-la-revue.htm|title=Revue Napoleonica. La Revue - Cairn.info|newspaper=Cairn.info |publisher=|accessdate=6 October 2014}}</ref> (founded in 2008) is a bilingual international peer-review periodical of articles on the two Napoleonic empires. It is hosted by [[Cairn.info]]


==== Art and historical memorabilia collection ====
==== Art and historical memorabilia collection ====
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The Fondation Napoléon is registered as a French non-profit organization (reconnue d'utilité publique) on 12 November 1987. The foundation aims to encourage and support study and interest in the history of the First and Second French Empires, and to support the preservation of Napoleonic Heritage

The Fondation Napoléon is registered as a French non-profit organization (reconnue d'utilité publique) on 12 November 1987. The foundation aims to encourage and support study and interest in the history of the First and Second French Empires, and to support the preservation of Napoleonic Heritage.

Mission and activities

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The Fondation Napoléon promotes research of the history of the two French Empires, most notably by awarding six research grants to French and non-French Ph.D. candidates.[1] It also awards an annual History Prize[2] for outstanding works on subjects related to the two French Empires (in French and other European languages). The foundation also helps to organize academic conferences, bicentennial and sesquicentennial commemorations, Napoleonic book publishing, and exhibition catalogues.

Save Longwood, Napoleon's House on St Helena

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In December 2010, the foundation launched an international appeal to save Napoleon's house on the island of St Helena.[3] The funds collected were to be used to pay for the restoration of the buildings in which Napoleon and his entourage lived in exile on St Helena from 1815 to 1821. The appeal was supported by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.[4]

Opposition to the removal of the Statue of Napoleon in Rouen

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In September 2020, Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol, the mayor of Rouen and member of the French Socialist Party, wished to replace the statue of Napoleon with a statue or work of art dedicated to the recently deceased feminist Gisèle Halimi. The plans were strongly opposed by the leader of the city's opposition, Jean-François Bures. Historian and director of the Fondation Napoléon, Thierry Lentz, called the plans "cancel culture" and argued that Napoleon was a benefactor of Rouen, making him more locally relevant than Halimi.[5] In December 2021, a survey of 4,080 residents found that 68% wanted the statue to remain, and the city council said it would respect the result.[6] Later in December 2021, the statue was registered as a monument historique (historic monument in English).

Publication of the General Correspondence of Napoleon Bonaparte

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In 2002, the Fondation launched a project in partnership with the French Archives nationales, the French Archives du Ministère des Affaires étrangères, and with the support of the Fondation La Poste, to publish the most complete version of the General Correspondence of Napoleon I. Volume 8 was published in November 2011 by Editions Fayard, containing letters from the war in Spain in 1808.

The project was completed in 2018 with the publication of the fifteenth and final volume.[7] The project now aims to digitise all volumes to be viewed online, with the entire collection due to be available by the end of 2023. The first volume was due to be made available online from May 2022.[7][citation needed]

Libraries, web sites and e-review

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Libraries

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  • The Napoleonic Digital Library[8] has been online since 2010 and provides downloadable e-texts (books, offprints, etc.)
  • The Fondation Napoléon's library, the Bibliothèque Martial-Lapeyre/ Fondation Napoléon, is open to the general public.[9]

Websites

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  • napoleon.org[10] was founded in 1996 and provides the public with precise historical information about the First and Second Empires (articles, close-ups, biographies, image database) and a magazine (newly published content, interviews, events listings). This site is bilingual (English and French) and updated daily. The Bibliothèque Martial-Lapeyre library catalogue can be accessed from this site.[11] A weekly news bulletin[12] keeps readers up to date.
  • napoleonica.org[13] was founded in 1999 and hosts digitised archival documents related to the history of France's First Empire, such as archives from the French Conseil d'État (Council of State), correspondence of Vivant Denon (first director of the Louvre Museum), and documents related to the Proclamation of the First Empire, amongst others.

E-review

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  • Napoleonica La Revue[14] (founded in 2008) is a bilingual international peer-review periodical of articles on the two Napoleonic empires. It is hosted by Cairn.info

Art and historical memorabilia collection

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The Fondation Napoléon organises exhibitions of its collection of fine art and historical memorabilia, etc. (Exhibitions includes Paris (2004), São Paulo, (2003) Brazil, Monterrey Mexico (2005), Minden (2006) Germany ) and loans items from the collection to prestigious exhibition worldwide. For details, see the Press packs.[15]

Notes and references

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  1. ^ "Research grants on napoleon.org". Archived from the original on 13 December 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  2. ^ "History Prizes". Archived from the original on 2 December 2011. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  3. ^ "St Helena Appeal". Fondation Napoleon. 2016. Archived from the original on March 7, 2016.
  4. ^ "Save Napoleon's House on St Helena". Fondation du Patrimoine [fr]. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  5. ^ Lentz, Thierry (27 September 2021). "Statue of Napoleon in Rouen: "It is a question of respecting our history"". Fondation Napoléon. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  6. ^ Lang-Roth, Cédric (13 December 2021). "Rouen : la statue de Napoléon va faire son retour sur le parvis de l'hôtel de ville" [Rouen: statue of Napoleon will make its return to the forecourt of the city hall] (in French). France Bleu. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  7. ^ a b "The Correspondence of Napoleon". Fondation Napoleon. 2019. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
  8. ^ "Bibliothèque-Library - Bibliothèque numérique Digital Library". Fondation Napoléon. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
  9. ^ "Bibliothèque M. Lapeyre Library". Fondation Napoleon. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  10. ^ "napoleon.org - Le site d'histoire de la Fondation Napoléon". napoleon.org. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  11. ^ "Catalogue of the Bibliothèque Martial Lapeyre on napoleon.org". Archived from the original on 5 April 2012. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  12. ^ "napoleon.org - Le site d'histoire de la Fondation Napoléon". napoleon.org. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  13. ^ "Napoleonica, archives et documents napoléoniens". www.napoleonica.org. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  14. ^ "Revue Napoleonica. La Revue - Cairn.info". Cairn.info. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  15. ^ "Press". Fondation Napoleon. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
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