‘See our Succumbing Fatherland, Overwhelmed by Disaster, Woe and Strife’
Coping with Crisis during the Reign of Louis Bonaparte
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21087102 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Lotte Jensen (0000-0003-0131-4979, Radboud University Nijmegen, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 151-164 |
| Publication date | 2016-05-03 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Dutch Crossing (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0309-6564 • E-ISSN: 1759-7854 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03096564.2016.1159867 |
| OpenAlex | W2400489682 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
During the reign of Louis Bonaparte (1806–10) the Kingdom of Holland suffered three major catastrophes: the explosion in the city of Leiden (1807) and floods in the provinces of Zeeland (1808) and Gelderland (1809). This paper will illustrate the close relationship between crisis, collective identity and politics during these years and show how these crises were used as political tools by rivalling parties. On the one hand, the king took the opportunity to present himself as a caring and loving father of the Dutch people by offering them emotional and financial support. On the other hand, writers used these occurrences to express their feelings of fear and discomfort concerning the foreign regime: in their opinion the series of disasters was directly related to the loss of sovereignty and the general decline of the fatherland
Ancient history · Economic history · Fatherland · Feeling · Political crisis · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Reign · Sociology · Sovereignty · European Political History Analysis · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2021 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |