Le Moniteur universel newspaper about the French conquest of Southern Italy in 1799

Occupation: Senior Lecturer; Senior Researcher
Affiliation:
State Academic University for the Humanities
Institute of World History of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Address: Russian Federation, Moscow

Journal name

ISTORIYA

Edition

Abstract

The French conquest of Southern Italy and the establishment of the Parthenopean Republic in 1799 is one of the most dramatic episodes of the Revolutionary Wars of Republican France, since in words that campaign was carried out in the name of "liberating" the Neapolitan people from royal oppression, but in practice resulted in a war against this very people. The author of the article, analyzing the reports of the daily newspaper Le Moniteur universel, shows how the campaign to capture Southern Italy was interpreted in the official discourse of the French Republic. Considering which subjects were reflected on the pages of this publication – the conquest of Naples, the attempts of the French to gain the trust of local residents, the exposure of anti–republican conspiracies, the fight against the insurgency, etc. – the author shows how these events were presented to the general French public and how the tone in their coverage changed as the national anti-revolutionary movement developed in Southern Italy.

Keywords

French Revolution, popular anti-revolution, Southern Italy, Neapolitan Republic 1799, Cardinal Ruffo

Acknowledgment

The study is sponsored by the Russian Science Foundation, project № 23–18–00011 “Popular Anti-Revolution in Mediterranean 1792–1814”.

Received

01.07.2024

Publication date

31.07.2024

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42992

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GOST	Zaytseva D. Le Moniteur universel newspaper about the French conquest of Southern Italy in 1799 // ISTORIYA – 2024. – V. 15. – Issue 6 (140) [Electronic resource]. URL: https://history.jes.su/S207987840031461-6-1 (circulation date: 22.07.2024). DOI: 10.18254/S207987840031461-6
MLA	Zaytseva, Daria "Le Moniteur universel newspaper about the French conquest of Southern Italy in 1799." ISTORIYA 15.6 (140) (2024) DOI: 10.18254/S207987840031461-6
APA	Zaytseva D. (2024). Le Moniteur universel newspaper about the French conquest of Southern Italy in 1799. ISTORIYA 15(6 (140)) DOI: 10.18254/S207987840031461-6

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