Andrey Mitrofanov
Biographic Data
| ID | 4432217 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andrey Mitrofanov |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andrey |
| FAMILY NAME | Mitrofanov |
| SIGNATURE | MITROFANOV A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute of World History |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8480-5345 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 24 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Melchiorre Gioia on the Italian anti-French resistance and the devastation of Lombardy
For those studying the anti-French popular resistance in Italy during the Napoleonic Wars, the few historical works by contemporary Italian authors of the early 19th century are particularly significant. The author analyzes how the renowned Milanese intellectual Melchiore Gioia (1767–1829) interpreted the phenomenon of popular resistance in Northern Italy. In 1801, Gioia was appointed historiographer of the Cisalpine Republic. Although he was not…
Sardinia in the Plans of French Diplomacy During the Directory and Consulate of Napoleon Bonaparte (Based on the Notes of Consul A. Coffin From the Archives of the French Foreign Ministry)
French politicians began to show interest in the island of Sardinia quite early, in the first years of the Revolution. In 1792, after the outbreak of the war between France and the Kingdom of Sardinia, this interest acquired a new resonance, and in 1793, under pressure from some diplomats, merchants and politicians, a military expedition to Sardinia was undertaken. The article is devoted to the question of the attitude of French diplomacy during …
French Lessons of Terror for the People of Italy. Suppression of the Revolts in Pavia and Lugo, 1796
The author of the article studied the suppression of the popular uprisings of 1796 in the cities of Pavia (Lombardy) and Lugo (Romagna) by the French. The article shows that historians of Italy and France adhered for a long time to fundamentally different interpretations of these events and used different sources: in France these were official texts of the Directory period and occasionally materials from the military-historical archive in Paris (…
La princesse Čičäk et le soi-disant imposteur Tiberius
The concept of “popular royalism” in the latest historiography of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Era
In recent years, the concept of “popular royalism” has gained popularity in the historiography of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars. The author of the article analyses the main tenets and criticisms of this concept based on the writings of the three main theorists, Paul Choplin, Álvaro Paris, and Andoni Artola. The term “popular royalism” appeared as a result of an incomplete discussion about the essence of counter-revolution in Europ…
Peasants of Piedmont in the Civil War of 1799
A wave of anti-French and anti-revolutionary uprisings swept Italy in the spring and summer of 1799. A coalition of antagonistic forces, unimaginable just a few years ago, opposed the occupiers and their local Republican allies. This coalition included landowners, tenants and landless peasants, the bourgeoisie and nobility, officials of the central and provincial administration, and the parish clergy. A new “social configuration” emerged in which…
Enmity and Hatred in Piedmont
One of the important consequences of the French occupation of Piedmont was the peasant and urban uprisings that began in December 1798 and continued intermittently until 1801. This topic has been extensively researched by historians because it is closely connected with the history of the «republican triennium» of 1796—1799 in Italy, with the question of the formation and fall of the republican regime on the territory of Piedmont and with the hist…
Massa Christiana of Branda Lucioni. Two centuries of Black Legend
The recent historiography of the Peasant movement in Napoleonic Piedmont
The Lord’s gift transformed into a tiger. A hypothesis regarding the fate of the Empress Theodora of Khazaria (705–711)
Article The Lord’s gift transformed into a tiger. A hypothesis regarding the fate of the Empress Theodora of Khazaria (705–711) was published on March 1, 2023 in the journal Byzantinische Zeitschrift (volume 116, issue 1)
Napoleon Bonaparte, General Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, and the Problem of Banditry in Piedmont, 1800–1802
The Consulship of Napoleon Bonaparte is often presented as a time of his political triumph as both politician and legislator. However, this very stereotypical assessment requires further clarifications. As the latest research suggests, the whole period between the Brumaire and the proclamation of the Empire was a period of difficult search for new methods of governance under very difficult circumstances. One of the serious problems in the formati…
Eaglet, Liberty, Hercules, and a Beehive
The article is devoted to the formation of republican and imperial emblems of the late 18th — early 19th centuries. in France, an important element of which was the state seal. A complete break with the heraldic tradition of the Old Order ended not in 1789, but in 1792 in connection with the overthrow of the monarchy. In August 1792, the National Convention approved a new state seal, which was used until 1804 with minor changes. The central eleme…
The Mission of the French Diplomat N. H. de Bassville and the Roman Uprising of 1793
French diplomacy in 1792—1793 was in a deep crisis. The new system of political appointments was not yet fully formed, and people without experience and merit could be appointed to important positions. One of these diplomats of the revolutionary era was N. H. de Bassville, who, by coincidence, ended up in the position of secretary of the French embassy in Rome and tragically died during the uprising in January 1793. If in the French revolutionary…
The War Against the Insurrectionary Movement in the Alpes-Maritimes and the Creation of a System of Social Control in the Time of Napoleon
The insurrectionary movement in the former exclave of the Sardinian kingdom — the county of Nice, began in 1792, immediately after the conquest by the French army, as a reaction to military violence, requisitions and robberies of the local population. The author of the article shows how and by what means this popular anti-revolutionary movement was suppressed in the first years of Napoleon's Consulate. As during the Directory, the government init…
The Insurgent Movement of Barbets in the Alpes-Maritimes and the French Royalists in 1800
The problem of "banditry" of the Directory Period in Modern French Historiography
“Alpine Vendée”. Transformation of the Popular Protest in Savoy, 1793
The author examines the course, forms and causes of the defeat of the anti-republican uprisings in the lands of the former Duchy of Savoy, annexed to France during the Revolution of the eighteenth century. The aim of the study is to analyse the transformation of popular protest in Savoy over the course of 1793. The events of January–October 1793 are considered in this article in the light of the concept of the “popular counter-revolution”. The an…
Restoration of 1799 in the Kingdom of Sardinia in the Assessments of Russian Diplomacy
The author of the article analyzes the reports of Russian diplomats and synchronous documents from the French archives about the socio-political and military situation in Piedmont in the period from May 1799 to June 1800. During these months, under the patronage of the Austro-Russian troops in Turin, the provisional royal government was recreated under. The council or “giunta” was led by marquis C. F. Thaon de Revel de Saint-Andrea. This governme…
Napoleon’s «Рolice Empire» as a legacy of the French Revolution
A French diplomat in the Russian Service. Missions of the Count d'Antraigues in Venice (1795–1797)
The article deals with the history of secret diplomacy of the time of the French Revolution. It aims to show unknown aspects of the French émigré сount d'Antraigue's activities as a councillor to the Russian embassy in Venice and as a personal representative of Louis XVIII in 1795–1797. Unpublished documents from the Archives of Foreign Policy of the Russian Empire and the memoirs of contemporaries form the source base of the research. The practi…
The Barbet Movement in the Times of the French Revolution
During the French Revolution, an anti-French rebel movement, known as the barbets, took place at the territories of the County of Nice and Piedmont. Barbets were the forerunners of the Italian Insorgenze of 1796—1814. At the territories where the barbets units operated, the power of the new French administration was weak, the roads were unsafe, robbery and smuggling flourished. From time to time, small and large uprisings broke out in rural commu…
The Phenomenon of Terror in Revolutionary France
Civil Wars under the Sign of Vendetta. The Concept of the “Republican Triennium” in Italy 1796—1799 by Gabriele Turi
Italian researcher Gabriele Turi proposed a new concept of the history of revolutionary changes and the struggle against the French invaders in the states of Italy at the end of the 18th century. This historian focuses on the issues of mutual perception of political and military opponents, the birth of a new political language, the formation of groups of Democrats and Republicans — “patriots”, collaboration of elites in the era of the invasion of…
The Annexation of Savoy and Nice by France in the Assessments of Russian Diplomats under the Sardinian Kingdom (1791—1792)
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The Annexation of Savoy and Nice by France in the Assessments of Russian Diplomats under the Sardinian Kingdom (1791—1792)
The Phenomenon of Terror in Revolutionary France
Civil Wars under the Sign of Vendetta. The Concept of the “Republican Triennium” in Italy 1796—1799 by Gabriele Turi
Italian researcher Gabriele Turi proposed a new concept of the history of revolutionary changes and the struggle against the French invaders in the states of Italy at the end of the 18th century. This historian focuses on the issues of mutual perception of political and military opponents, the birth of a new political language, the formation of groups of Democrats and Republicans — “patriots”, collaboration of elites in the era of the invasion of…
Napoleon’s «Рolice Empire» as a legacy of the French Revolution
A French diplomat in the Russian Service. Missions of the Count d'Antraigues in Venice (1795–1797)
The article deals with the history of secret diplomacy of the time of the French Revolution. It aims to show unknown aspects of the French émigré сount d'Antraigue's activities as a councillor to the Russian embassy in Venice and as a personal representative of Louis XVIII in 1795–1797. Unpublished documents from the Archives of Foreign Policy of the Russian Empire and the memoirs of contemporaries form the source base of the research. The practi…
The Barbet Movement in the Times of the French Revolution
During the French Revolution, an anti-French rebel movement, known as the barbets, took place at the territories of the County of Nice and Piedmont. Barbets were the forerunners of the Italian Insorgenze of 1796—1814. At the territories where the barbets units operated, the power of the new French administration was weak, the roads were unsafe, robbery and smuggling flourished. From time to time, small and large uprisings broke out in rural commu…
The Insurgent Movement of Barbets in the Alpes-Maritimes and the French Royalists in 1800
The problem of "banditry" of the Directory Period in Modern French Historiography
“Alpine Vendée”. Transformation of the Popular Protest in Savoy, 1793
The author examines the course, forms and causes of the defeat of the anti-republican uprisings in the lands of the former Duchy of Savoy, annexed to France during the Revolution of the eighteenth century. The aim of the study is to analyse the transformation of popular protest in Savoy over the course of 1793. The events of January–October 1793 are considered in this article in the light of the concept of the “popular counter-revolution”. The an…
Restoration of 1799 in the Kingdom of Sardinia in the Assessments of Russian Diplomacy
The author of the article analyzes the reports of Russian diplomats and synchronous documents from the French archives about the socio-political and military situation in Piedmont in the period from May 1799 to June 1800. During these months, under the patronage of the Austro-Russian troops in Turin, the provisional royal government was recreated under. The council or “giunta” was led by marquis C. F. Thaon de Revel de Saint-Andrea. This governme…
Massa Christiana of Branda Lucioni. Two centuries of Black Legend
The recent historiography of the Peasant movement in Napoleonic Piedmont
The Lord’s gift transformed into a tiger. A hypothesis regarding the fate of the Empress Theodora of Khazaria (705–711)
Article The Lord’s gift transformed into a tiger. A hypothesis regarding the fate of the Empress Theodora of Khazaria (705–711) was published on March 1, 2023 in the journal Byzantinische Zeitschrift (volume 116, issue 1)
Napoleon Bonaparte, General Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, and the Problem of Banditry in Piedmont, 1800–1802
The Consulship of Napoleon Bonaparte is often presented as a time of his political triumph as both politician and legislator. However, this very stereotypical assessment requires further clarifications. As the latest research suggests, the whole period between the Brumaire and the proclamation of the Empire was a period of difficult search for new methods of governance under very difficult circumstances. One of the serious problems in the formati…
Eaglet, Liberty, Hercules, and a Beehive
The article is devoted to the formation of republican and imperial emblems of the late 18th — early 19th centuries. in France, an important element of which was the state seal. A complete break with the heraldic tradition of the Old Order ended not in 1789, but in 1792 in connection with the overthrow of the monarchy. In August 1792, the National Convention approved a new state seal, which was used until 1804 with minor changes. The central eleme…
The Mission of the French Diplomat N. H. de Bassville and the Roman Uprising of 1793
French diplomacy in 1792—1793 was in a deep crisis. The new system of political appointments was not yet fully formed, and people without experience and merit could be appointed to important positions. One of these diplomats of the revolutionary era was N. H. de Bassville, who, by coincidence, ended up in the position of secretary of the French embassy in Rome and tragically died during the uprising in January 1793. If in the French revolutionary…
The War Against the Insurrectionary Movement in the Alpes-Maritimes and the Creation of a System of Social Control in the Time of Napoleon
The insurrectionary movement in the former exclave of the Sardinian kingdom — the county of Nice, began in 1792, immediately after the conquest by the French army, as a reaction to military violence, requisitions and robberies of the local population. The author of the article shows how and by what means this popular anti-revolutionary movement was suppressed in the first years of Napoleon's Consulate. As during the Directory, the government init…
La princesse Čičäk et le soi-disant imposteur Tiberius
The concept of “popular royalism” in the latest historiography of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Era
In recent years, the concept of “popular royalism” has gained popularity in the historiography of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars. The author of the article analyses the main tenets and criticisms of this concept based on the writings of the three main theorists, Paul Choplin, Álvaro Paris, and Andoni Artola. The term “popular royalism” appeared as a result of an incomplete discussion about the essence of counter-revolution in Europ…
Peasants of Piedmont in the Civil War of 1799
A wave of anti-French and anti-revolutionary uprisings swept Italy in the spring and summer of 1799. A coalition of antagonistic forces, unimaginable just a few years ago, opposed the occupiers and their local Republican allies. This coalition included landowners, tenants and landless peasants, the bourgeoisie and nobility, officials of the central and provincial administration, and the parish clergy. A new “social configuration” emerged in which…
Enmity and Hatred in Piedmont
One of the important consequences of the French occupation of Piedmont was the peasant and urban uprisings that began in December 1798 and continued intermittently until 1801. This topic has been extensively researched by historians because it is closely connected with the history of the «republican triennium» of 1796—1799 in Italy, with the question of the formation and fall of the republican regime on the territory of Piedmont and with the hist…
Melchiorre Gioia on the Italian anti-French resistance and the devastation of Lombardy
For those studying the anti-French popular resistance in Italy during the Napoleonic Wars, the few historical works by contemporary Italian authors of the early 19th century are particularly significant. The author analyzes how the renowned Milanese intellectual Melchiore Gioia (1767–1829) interpreted the phenomenon of popular resistance in Northern Italy. In 1801, Gioia was appointed historiographer of the Cisalpine Republic. Although he was not…
Sardinia in the Plans of French Diplomacy During the Directory and Consulate of Napoleon Bonaparte (Based on the Notes of Consul A. Coffin From the Archives of the French Foreign Ministry)
French politicians began to show interest in the island of Sardinia quite early, in the first years of the Revolution. In 1792, after the outbreak of the war between France and the Kingdom of Sardinia, this interest acquired a new resonance, and in 1793, under pressure from some diplomats, merchants and politicians, a military expedition to Sardinia was undertaken. The article is devoted to the question of the attitude of French diplomacy during …
French Lessons of Terror for the People of Italy. Suppression of the Revolts in Pavia and Lugo, 1796
The author of the article studied the suppression of the popular uprisings of 1796 in the cities of Pavia (Lombardy) and Lugo (Romagna) by the French. The article shows that historians of Italy and France adhered for a long time to fundamentally different interpretations of these events and used different sources: in France these were official texts of the Directory period and occasionally materials from the military-historical archive in Paris (…
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