Un prince français en Suède. Les stratégies de légitimation dans l’édification de la dynastie Bernadotte (1810-1844) by Lisa Castro

“…Notwithstanding his election as Crown Prince to the Swedish throne by the Diet of Örebro on August 21, 1810, Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte is mainly known for his role as one of the Marshals of the Empire appointed by Napoleon. His coronation as the ruler of the Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway, founded in 1814, marked the birth of a new dynasty since his son, Oscar I, was designated Crown Prince of the unified Kingdom. …”
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The racialized pandemic: wave one Covid-19 and the reproduction of Global North inequalities perspectives on politics by Hooijer, G, King, D

“…We present a theoretical framework rooted in Global North democracies’ racial-ethnic legacies to analyze the health and economic disparities between these communities and the white majority population. Marshalling first-cut empirical evidence from the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Sweden we find patterns consistent with how the burden of racial-ethnic legacies endures: people of color have worse health and economic outcomes under normal circumstances, inequalities the Covid-19 crisis has exacerbated. …”

Brune, Smith, Ivan et Castro : l'histoire selon Pierre Bergounioux by Manet von Montfrans

“…Having served in the Revolutionary Armies, Brune became Marshall of the Empire, and was brutally killed by the Royalists in 1815. …”
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