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Slovenia in the Age of Napoleon: The Illyrian Provinces and a New Order

Slovenia in the Age of Napoleon: The Illyrian Provinces and a New Order

Markham, Adrian E.

Paperback

Series: The Story of Slovenia

Austrian & Hungarian HistoryNapoleonic Wars

ISBN13: 9798245123158
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jan 23 2026
Pages: 268
Weight: 0.69
Height: 0.56 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

Slovenia in the Age of Napoleon: The Illyrian Provinces and a New Order by Adrian E. Markham follows the brief but transformative years when French rule reshaped the Slovenian lands. From the Treaty of Schönbrunn in 1809 to the fall of the Illyrian Provinces in 1813, this book traces how the ideals of the French Revolution-equality before the law, secular administration, and civic order-were imposed on a deeply traditional society.

Markham explores how Ljubljana became the capital of a new Napoleonic province, how the Civil Code abolished serfdom, and how French roads, schools, and bureaucracy introduced modern governance to the region. Drawing on chronicles, letters, and modern scholarship, he reveals the tensions between reform and resistance, progress and occupation.

Through stories of nobles, peasants, officials, and priests, Slovenia in the Age of Napoleon shows how the Illyrian experiment left a lasting legacy. The tricolor flew for only a few years, yet its ideas endured-helping to shape the first stirrings of modern Slovenian identity.

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