1798 : un tournant pour les Français en Méditerranée
The year 1798 was a major turning point in French presence in the Mediterranean area. On the one hand, the European conquest forced the authorities to give a clear definition of what it meant to be French and what rights could be granted in the Ottoman territories. On the other hand, France’s failur...
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description | The year 1798 was a major turning point in French presence in the Mediterranean area. On the one hand, the European conquest forced the authorities to give a clear definition of what it meant to be French and what rights could be granted in the Ottoman territories. On the other hand, France’s failure to take Malta demonstrated its difficulties in asserting domination in the Levant. Finally, Napoleon’s Egyptian campaign created a major break in relations with the Ottoman Empire and changed French presence in the Maghreb in the long term. |
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spelling | doaj.art-ebd14a58531c48a0b331cea707f00abf2024-02-13T13:36:27ZengPresses Universitaires du MidiDiasporas: Circulations, Migrations, Histoire1637-58232431-14722022-12-014013914110.4000/diasporas.96411798 : un tournant pour les Français en MéditerranéeOlivier GuesdonThe year 1798 was a major turning point in French presence in the Mediterranean area. On the one hand, the European conquest forced the authorities to give a clear definition of what it meant to be French and what rights could be granted in the Ottoman territories. On the other hand, France’s failure to take Malta demonstrated its difficulties in asserting domination in the Levant. Finally, Napoleon’s Egyptian campaign created a major break in relations with the Ottoman Empire and changed French presence in the Maghreb in the long term.https://journals.openedition.org/diasporas/9641French RevolutionnationdiplomacyEgyptian campaignconsuls |
spellingShingle | Olivier Guesdon 1798 : un tournant pour les Français en Méditerranée Diasporas: Circulations, Migrations, Histoire French Revolution nation diplomacy Egyptian campaign consuls |
title | 1798 : un tournant pour les Français en Méditerranée |
title_full | 1798 : un tournant pour les Français en Méditerranée |
title_fullStr | 1798 : un tournant pour les Français en Méditerranée |
title_full_unstemmed | 1798 : un tournant pour les Français en Méditerranée |
title_short | 1798 : un tournant pour les Français en Méditerranée |
title_sort | 1798 un tournant pour les francais en mediterranee |
topic | French Revolution nation diplomacy Egyptian campaign consuls |
url | https://journals.openedition.org/diasporas/9641 |
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