The Age of Napoleon Podcast

Everett Rummage

The Age of Napoleon is a history podcast about the life and career of Napoleon Bonaparte as well as the general context of Europe between the early eighteenth and early nineteenth century.

  • 1 hour 13 minutes
    Episode 113: Victory or Death

    In the spring of 1808, Napoleon said he considered Spain conquered. That summer, Spanish forces dealt France its first major battlefield defeat in nearly a decade. How did Spain manage this stunning reversal? 

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    1 May 2024, 5:49 am
  • 1 hour 13 minutes
    Grey History Collaboration

    I recently recorded a collaboration with Will Clark of Grey History: the French Revolution.

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    16 April 2024, 10:48 pm
  • 51 minutes 31 seconds
    Episode 112: The Way of the Bandit

    In the Spring of 1808, Napoleon installed his brother Joseph on the Spanish throne. However, the people of Madrid had had enough of the French, and took matters into their own hands.

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    1 April 2024, 2:33 am
  • 55 minutes 50 seconds
    Episode 111: Bad Omens

    With Portugal conquered, Napoleon turned his attention to Spain. As French troops began occupying the country, it soon became clear they were sitting on a political powder keg. 

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    1 March 2024, 5:09 am
  • 1 hour 1 minute
    Episode 110: Barbarians

    1807 saw Napoleon and the British jockeying for influence among the remaining neutral states of Europe. Average people paid the price for this competition.

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    1 February 2024, 7:02 am
  • 56 minutes 52 seconds
    Episode 109: The Rise of the Sausage-Maker

    In 1808, France would find itself in a new war on the Iberian Peninsula. How did Napoleon find himself engaged in a new war less than a year after the Treaty of Tilsit?

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    1 January 2024, 2:30 am
  • 51 minutes 55 seconds
    Episode 108: Europe Under the Eagle

    By 1808, the Napoleonic empire stretched from Poland to the Pyrenees, and from the North Sea to the southern tip of Italy. How was Europe adjusting to Napoleon's new order?





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    1 December 2023, 5:16 am
  • 52 minutes 21 seconds
    Episode 107: The Will of the Emperor

    By 1809, Napoleon had ruled France for a decade. How did the Napoleonic regime actually function? How could one person effectively exercise his will over half a continent?

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    1 November 2023, 1:36 am
  • 53 minutes 6 seconds
    Episode 106: The Art of Power

    In Europe at the dawn of the nineteenth century, art and politics were deeply intertwined, sometimes in surprising ways. No one understood this better than Napoleon Bonaparte.

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    30 September 2023, 10:59 pm
  • 59 minutes 35 seconds
    Episode 105: The Imperial City

    During his 15 years in power, Napoleon put an indelible mark on his adopted city: Paris. The First Empire was a formative period in the history of the city, but what did it mean for average people?

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    1 September 2023, 4:06 am
  • 56 minutes 26 seconds
    Episode 104: Man of the Century

    Napoleon's new treaty with Russia had totally transformed European geopolitics. What did it mean for the future of the continent? For France? For Napoleon himself?

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    1 August 2023, 1:47 am
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