A Precursor of Bonaparte's Expedition to Egypt: Leibnitz, Author of the Consilium Aegyptiacum to Louis XIV

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS 5
3. Honorary Advisory Committee and Organizing Committee 7
4. Introduction: The Organization of the Congress 9
5. Editor's Preface 11
6. Articles:
7. The Peculiarities of Napoleon's Oriental Campaign: An Introduction 13
8. The Impact of the French Expedition to Egypt on Early 19th Century Ottoman Reforms 25
9. La Bataille d'Aboukir et ses implications stratégiques 35
10. La Bataille de Sediman du 7 octobre 1798 41
11. The Detroye Outpost: An Outpost on the Siege Perimeter of Acre 51
12. L'Emploi tactique de la "mine" lors du siège de Saint-Jean d'Acre : un exemple de combat en mode dégradé (Campagne de Syrie, 1799) 61
13. Napoleon's Expedition and the Return of Europe to the Middle East 75
14. Napoleon and Jezzar: A Local Perspective 79
15. Egypt was Worth a Turban: Bonaparte's Flirtation with Islam 87
16. How Surgeon Larrey Treated General Caffarelli: A Case Study in the History of Military Medicine 101
17. The Surgeon and the Emperor: A Humanitarian on the Battlefield 107
18. Napoleon Bonaparte as Perpetuator and Destroyer of the Ideas of the French Revolution 119
19. Joseph Sulkowski, Aide-de-Camp de Bonaparte en Égypte 127
20. A Precursor of Bonaparte's Expedition to Egypt: Leibnitz, Author of the Consilium Aegyptiacum to Louis XIV 135
21. Bonaparte's Egyptian Campaign in Contemporary French Art 143
22. The Operations and Effectiveness of the Ottoman Navy During Napoleon's Invasion of Egypt, 1798-1801 155
23. The Napoleonic Re-Conquest of Corsica, 1796: A Necessary Preliminary for the Egyptian Expedition 165
24. Chateaubriand et l'expédition de Napoleon Bonaparte en Terre-Sainte 171
25. Napoleon's Own Rendering of His Expedition to Egypt and the Holy Land 193
26. Egyptian Perceptions of Bonaparte's Expedition: The Bicentennial Debate 219
27. The Emergence of the Eastern Question: Did Napoleon's Conquest of Egypt Beget the Involvement of the European Powers in the Middle East? 231
28. The Battle of the Pyramids: Futile Victory 235
29. Phélippeaux and Napoleon 253
30. Polish Participation in Napoleon's Egyptian Expedition 259
31. La Politique des Effectifs 267
32. Napoleon in the Holy Land: Motives and Consequences, A Review of Research Presented at the 1999 International Napoleonic Society Congress in Israel 281
33. List of Participants 289