The Wars of the Revolution and the Empire

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

The teaching of this course is based on theoretical and theoretical-practical classes, supported by iconographic elements, analysis of texts, group work, readings and individual work, with the presentation and discussion of issues arising from those works

Learning Outcomes

To present and analyze the political-military aspects of the conflict that affected Europe and other parts of the world from the French Revolution until the Congress of Vienna. To provide guidance to students in producing synthesis and reflection essays on the topics at hand

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Study of the military campaigns that took place in Europe between 1792 and 1815, resulting from the French Revolution, and which then continued over the period of the Directory and the Empire, namely outside Europe. Special attention will be given to the Peninsular War

Assessment Methods

Assessement
Research work: 100.0%

Bibliography

1. Jeremy BLACK, Warfare in the Eighteenth Century, London, Cassel, 1999.

2. Jeremy Black, War in the Nineteenth Century, Polity Press, Cambridge, 2009.

3. Gunther E. ROTHENBERG, The Art of Warfare in the Age of Napoleon, Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 1980

4. David G. CHANDLER, The Campaigns of Napoleon, New York, Macmillan Publishing Company, 1966

5. Archer JONES, The Art of War in the Western World, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1989.