Projecting imperial power : new nineteenth century emperors and the public sphere

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Cover -- Projecting Imperial Power: New Nineteenth-Century Emperors and the Public Sphere -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Plates (for full details see the List of Illustrations) -- A Note on Proper Names -- Introduction -- Symbolic Power -- Legitimation through Tradition -- The Emperors and Modernity -- The Structure of the Book -- Sources and Scholarship -- Notes -- I. Creating Myth, Asserting Dynasty: Napoleon I and Franz I -- Napoleon and his Imperial Coronation in 1804 -- Napoleon's Coronation as King of Italy in 1805 -- Franz II/I-From Holy Roman Emperor to Emperor of Austria -- The Franzensburg -- Franz, the Emperor of Peace -- Notes -- II: Adopting the Imperial Idea Beyond Europe -- How Brazil Became an Empire-Pedro I -- From Consolidation to Abdication-Pedro II -- The First Mexican Empire and Independence -- The Second Mexican Empire and Maximilian of Austria -- The Delhi Durbar of 1877 -- Notes -- III. Performing Emperorship -- Court Society and Courtiers -- The Viceregal Court in India -- Coronation Robes -- Court Dress and Military Uniform -- Dress in India -- Pedro II-the Exception -- Medals, Honours, and Decorations -- Notes -- IV: Being an Imperial Consort -- Motherhood -- Beauty and Fashion -- Charitable Activities-Education and Health -- Political Involvement -- Leopoldine of Brazil -- Elisabeth of Austria -- Eugénie and Carlota -- The Prussian Empresses -- Widows -- Notes -- V: Seeing the Emperor -- The Emperor in Person -- The Emperor as Image -- The Imperial State Portrait -- The Emperor as Servant of the People -- The Emperor in Uniform -- Possessing the Emperor's Image -- Notes -- VI: Harnessing Religion to the Imperial Cause -- Napoleon I and Religion -- Napoleon III, Religion, and the Feast of Saint-Napoleon -- Franz Joseph and Austrian Piety.

The Hohenzollern Emperors as Defenders of Protestantism -- Inaugurating the Schlosskirche in Wittenberg in 1892 -- Church-Building in the Prussian Lands -- Prestigious Imperial Church Projects -- The Church of the Redeemer in Jerusalem -- The Emperor Wilhelm Memorial Church -- Berlin Cathedral -- Notes -- VII: Creating the Imperial City -- Remodelling Paris -- Inaugurating the New Paris -- Rethinking Vienna -- Imperial Planning -- Expanding Berlin -- Prussian or Imperial Capital? -- London as Latecomer -- Mexico City and Petrópolis -- Notes -- VIII: Showcasing the Empire: International Exhibitions -- Imperial Pomp in Paris-the Exposition Universelle of 1855 -- Social Purpose and Glamour-the 1867 Exposition Universelle in Paris -- International Diplomacy in Vienna-the Weltausstellung of 1873 -- Pedro II and the Brazilian Exhibits in 1862, 1867, and 1873 -- Pedro II and the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition of 1876 -- Notes -- IX: Inventing Empire in Twentieth-Century India and Britain -- Impressing the Indians-the Victoria Memorial Hall and the 1903 Durbar -- George V's Coronation Durbar in 1911 -- Impressing the British-the Festival of Empire in London in 1911 -- The Pageant of London and the Masque Imperial-1911 -- Setting the Empire in Stone-Building New Delhi -- The British Empire Exhibition of 1924 -- The Pageant of Empire in 1924 -- Notes -- X: Staging Empire as History and Allegory in Austria and Germany -- Franz Joseph's Diamond Jubilee in 1908 -- Wilhelm II and Imperial Theatre -- Notes -- XI: Ending and Remembering -- Ending-The Debit Side -- Remembering-Cities and Statues -- Notes -- Bibliography -- General Works -- Austria -- Brazil -- Untitled -- Germany -- British India -- Mexico -- Index.

The nineteenth century is notable for its newly proclaimed emperors, from the well-known, such as Napoleon and Queen Victoria, to the lesser known, like Pedro II of Brazil. This book examines how emperors used images, religion, international exhibitions, and pageants to project their ijmperial power.

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