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Charles Esdaile

Lecturer in History (Napoleonic Europe and Modern Spain)

He is presently working on a study about the Napoleonic Reign in Spain (1808 - 1813), and is a historian who focuses on the military, political and social aspects of history. Mr. Esdaile is an expert on the Napoleonic era in Spain and more ... more...

Charles Napoleón Bonaparte

Napoleon VII, Imperial Prince

He was born in 1950, is a French politician and heads the French Imperial House as the great –great-grandson of Emperor Napoleon’s brother.

Charles went to school in Sainte-croix-des-neiges in Abondance, and travelled from 1964 to 1965, to study German in the Blac... more...

Jean René Aymes

Jean-René Aymes is Professor Emeritus at the University of Paris III, New Sorbonne, and has dedicated his time to studying Spanish-French relations from several aspects (conflicts, reciprocal influences, travel stories, image of another...) and covering the period of the 18th and 19th centuries. H... more...

Michael Broers

His interests cover the history of Italy and France during the 18th and 19th centuries, especially during the Napoleonic period.

He is an expert on application of cultural imperialistic theories in Europe, within the context of the Napoleonic Revolution.
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Michael Rapport

Lecturer at the Department of History at the University of Stirling
He was born in New York and graduated from the Universities of Bristol and Edinburgh. In September 1995, he began working at the Department of History, University of Stirling, after having worked at the University of Sunderland. Fr... more...

Xosé Ramón Barreiro Fernández

President of the Galician Royal Academy

He has a bachelor’s degree and a PhD in Canon Law from the Gregorian University of Rome. In 1974, he got a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy and the Arts with an extraordinary prize and then got his doctorate in History from the University of Santiago de Co... more...

Alicia Laspra

She is a tenured lecturer in English Philology at the University of Oviedo and an expert on the international aspect of the War of Independence. Her many published works include books on the relations of the rebels with England and the decisive support from England in the fight against the French ... more...

Nuno Correia Barrento de Lemos Pires

The Lieutenant Coronel of the Infantry Nuno Correia Barrento de Lemos Pires was born on 3rd March, 1965. He joined the military academy in 1983 and graduated in Military Sciences in 1988.

He has published many works and collaborated in several books and projects in Portugal and Spain, especially... more...

Nuria Alonso

She has a PhD in History from the University of Santiago de Compostela and is a secondary school teacher working as a civil servant for the Xunta de Galicia. Her research activity is presently centred on the War of Independence and the figure of Martín de Garay. She has participated in many congres... more...