Pictures from Google Image Search

Click to see an enlarged picture
Click to see an enlarged picture
Click to see an enlarged picture
Click to see an enlarged picture
Find more facts and information on our topic page about Confederation of the Rhine

Confederation of the Rhine

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | 2008 | The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Copyright 2008 Columbia University Press. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Confederation of the Rhine see Confederation of the Rhine .

Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

  • MLA
  • Chicago
  • APA

"Confederation of the Rhine." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 6 Dec. 2009 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

"Confederation of the Rhine." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (December 6, 2009). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-Rhine-Co.html

"Confederation of the Rhine." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2008. Retrieved December 06, 2009 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-X-Rhine-Co.html

Learn more about citation styles

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

COMMENTARY: UNQUIET FLOWS THE RHINE
News Wire article from: United Press International; 1/26/2001; 700+ words ; ...2001 Commentary: Unquiet flows the Rhine WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- On the banks of the Rhine, in the ancient city of Strasbourg...promoted 'Europe des nations,' a European confederation of nation-states that also gave France...
Commentary: Unquiet flows the Rhine.
News Wire article from: United Press International; 1/26/2001; 700+ words ; WASHINGTON, Jan. 26 (UPI) On the banks of the Rhine, in the ancient city of Strasbourg, which in the past...De Gaulle promoted 'Europe des nations,' a European confederation of nation-states that also gave France a platform on...
July's anniversaries.(fall of Roman Empire)
Magazine article from: History Today; 7/1/2006; 700+ words ; ...of satellite states beyond the Rhine, organized in a more rational...Austerlitz. He went on to organize the Confederation of the Rhine, which came formally into existence...joined the Confederation of the Rhine. The insatiable Bonaparte went...
The German national question and 1848.(Germany's mid-19th century failed attempt to create a nation state)(includes chronology of pivotal political events in 1848-49)(Cover Story)
Magazine article from: History Today; 5/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...succeeded in 1806 by Napoleon's Confederation of the Rhine, which excluded both Austria...In 1814-15 the German Confederation (Deutsche Bund or simply...regarding the Bund as a dynastic confederation defending the prerogatives...
Collaboration and Resistance in Napoleonic Europe: State-Formation in an Age of Upheaval, c. 1800-1815.(Reviews)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Journal of Social History; 9/22/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...administrations. The two essays on Napoleonic Germany feature the Confederation of the Rhine. Andreas Fahrmeir emphasizes differences within the membership of the Confederation and attributes its instability to these inherent regional differences...
France's Napoleon complex.(Commentary)(Editorials)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 12/13/1997; 700+ words ; ...time, Napoleon fancied himself Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine and Mediator of the Swiss Confederation. Then he married the archduchess of the Habsburg empire. Meanwhile, his brothers ruled...
ANTIQUES SLEUTH: ; Some pitchers are for looks, not cooks
Newspaper article from: Charleston Gazette; 2/27/2000; ; 588 words ; ...Radiating from it are 18 stamped impressions that might be the shields of the states of the Germanic Confederation or possibly the Confederation of the Rhine. The name "L. Leigh Jr." is stamped in the lower right-hand corner. The number "1800...
You're the tops
Magazine article from: The Spectator; 1/24/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...the last century. Napoleon was Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine and Mediator of the Swiss Confederation. His brothers ruled Spain, Holland and Westphalia, and his brother-in-law was the...
Burning Questions - Tracing a Barbarian power struggle
Newspaper article from: The Northern Echo; 7/22/2002; ; 561 words ; ...was elevated in status by a treaty that made it into a kingdom. However, it joined an alliance called the Confederation of the Rhine which brought Bavaria under the effective rule of Napoleon Bonaparte. In the mid-1800s, Bavaria formed an...
Rowe, Michael, ed. Collaboration and Resistance in Napoleonic Europe: State-Formation in an Age of Upheaval, c. 1800-1815.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: History: Review of New Books; 1/1/2004; ; 700 words ; ...areas discussed--from France, the Iberian and Italian peninsulas, various German States (including the Confederation of the Rhine, as well as the obvious choices of Prussia and Austria), Hungary, Poland, Russia, Scandinavia, and Britain...

Related entries from encyclopedias, dictionaries, and thesauruses

Confederation of the Rhine
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Confederation of the Rhine (1806–13) A grouping of...the creation of a Confederation of the Rhine, whose members were obliged to abdicate...for France all the left bank of the Rhine, but the new Confederation gradually...
Mainz
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...city is also a trade center for Rhine wines. Mainz is one of the great...1806) prince-primate of the Confederation of the Rhine. The Congress of Vienna made...suburbs on the right bank of the Rhine were transferred to the state...
Baden
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...lower Neckar valley and along the right bank of the Rhine to Lake Constance (Bodensee), the former state...at the beginning of the 19th cent., joined the Confederation of the Rhine in 1806 with the title of grand duke and by 1810...
Nassau
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...central Germany, situated N and E of the Main and Rhine rivers. It is now mostly included in the state of...received some territorial additions, joined the Confederation of the Rhine and was raised to a duchy. In 1816 the territories...
Liechtenstein
Encyclopedia entry from: World Press Encyclopedia ...member state of the Holy Roman Empire until its dissolution in 1806, Napoleon's Confederation of the Rhine from 1807 to 1815, and the German Confederation until 1866. Geographically separated from a united Germany by Austria and Switzerland...

Related research topics

Videos from YouTube

For students and teachers!

Encyclopedia.com provides students and teachers facts, information, and biographies from verified, citable sources, including:

Encyclopedia.com provides students and teachers facts, information, and biographies from verified, citable sources, including: