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Finding Napoleon at Notre Dame Cathedral

May 4, 2020
Notre Dame Cathedral burning on April 15, 2019

This past December, headlines screamed “First Christmas Without Mass in Notre Dame Cathedral in Two Hundred Years.” What happened two hundred years ago both to interrupt and to reinstate that structure’s sacred use? The French Revolution and Napoleon Bonaparte. Tragically, the photo above explains why there wasn’t a mass in 2019. On April 15, the …

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NAPOLEON BONAPARTE’S DRAMATIC RISE TO POWER

May 19, 2020
Napoleon as Emperor, Workshop of Gerard, 1805, Weider collection, Montreal, photo Margaret Rodenberg

Finding Napoleon in Virginia Again The Napoleon Bonaparte exhibit at Richmond’s Museum of Fine Arts brought together exquisite artifacts, each fascinating in its own right. As a collection, they tell a visual story of Napoleon’s meteoric rise to power. Here are three pieces that touch on Napoleon Bonaparte’s early career: Portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte as …

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