The Napoleonic Quarterly

Episode 45: Q1-1803 - The dying peace


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1800. January… February… March… Three fateful months for the Hapsburgs, for Austria, and for the patchwork of territories east of the Rhine… In Switzerland the French impose a revised settlement in a bid to end years of unrest… And in the interior of modern-day Sri Lanka the Kingdom of Kandy is ready and waiting for the British as the ill-fated redcoats make their advance… this is episode 45 of the Napoleonic Quarterly - covering three historic months for Switzerland and for Germany.

[06:17] - headline developments

[25:40] - Michael Rowe on the Imperial Recess, the Reichsdeputationhauptschluss and the dividing-up of Germany

[51:40] - Biancamaria Fontana on the Act of Mediation and the re-establishing of cantonal government in Switzerland

[1:13:30] - Josh Provan on the British offensive against the Sri Lankan Kingdom of Kandy


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