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Unknown diary:
I can feel that the emperor can't love me anymore. Why? When I want to ask this question countless times, the result is a headache. Every day is so unbearable. When will such a day end?
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MARIE-THĆRĆSE FIGUEUR // SOLDIER
āShe was a French soldier who fought in the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. Unlike some female soldiers before the twentieth century, she did not disguise her gender when she enlisted, serving for twenty-two years under her own name in the French Revolutionary Army and the Grande ArmĆ©e.ā
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Just two of them being silly, nothing can go wrong, right?
Oh no.
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do you think old man yaoi can blossom even on a battlefield
Yes. More than anywhere else
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Self-ignite
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DO YOU KNOW JEAN ANDOCHE JUNOT
I have heard about him. A friend of His Imperial Majesty is a friend of mine, I suppose... but, in all honesty, I would not touch that man with a ten foot pole.
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Save a horse ride a hussar
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Portrait of Josephine by Pierre-Paul Prudāhon, circa 1805
Preparatory study for the āPortrait de l'ImpĆ©ratrice JosĆ©phineā, Fondation Custodia Collection Online database, inv. no. 6698, https://collectiononline.fondationcustodia.fr
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So I had a FIRE whiteboard session with my lovely @apurpledust a few minutes ago. Iāll post some of mine and one of becās that she has graciously bestowed upon meš
I drew some of the napoleonic RP going on from the lannes, soult, and ney blogs bc itās the best
And just some random stuff (mainly soult)
And here is becās šAMAZINGš šADORABLE š āØBEAUTIFUL āØ napjuno art, itās so cuteš„¹ its canon
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LANNES, SOULT TURNED INTO A KITTY CAT HE CAN NOW BE HEAD-PATTED IVE TRIED SUCCESSFULLY
BONJOURMONSIEURKITTYYOUAREVERYSOFTANDCUDDLYDOYOUHAVEAFAMILYWHATISITLIKEBEINGACAT
š±: MIAO. *
*Translatorās note: āWhat is happening. What is this kitten doing.ā
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It's Friday: time to confess your sins to father Joseph.
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quick sketches + quick messy coloring (apologies if theres language errors iām half asleepš)
bonus
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Was Napoleon Bisexual?
I have seen several tumblr posts (or it is the same being reblogged over and over again haha) on a specific book: Napoleon bisexual emperor by Frank Richardson. Unfortunately this book is seemingly very hard to find and since Iām no expert on determining someoneās sexuality, I just wanted to share a few quotes I found on this subject since it seems to fascinate quite some people, myself included.
Here is a piece from the ebook dictatorās sex lives:
āThere has been a great deal of speculation that Napoleon was gay. He tolerated homosexuality in the army and refused to outlaw homosexual practices in his Napoleonic Code. Many men wrote of his āseductive charmā. General de Segur put it most succinctly: āIn moments of sublime power, he no longer commands like a man but seduces like a woman.ā
Later during his exile on st Helena Napoleon confided something to Caulaincourt upon meeting a handsome man:
āHe told me that for him the heart was not, the organ of sentiment; that he felt emotions only where men experience feelings of another kind: nothing in the heart, everything in the loins and in another place, which I leave nameless.ā
One of the famous arguments used to proof Napoleonās possible bisexuality was Napoleonās obsession with the young Tsar of Russia, Alexander I. When they first met on a raft on the River Tilsit, Napoleon exclaimed: āIt is Apollo!ā Later he wrote to his wife Josephine: āIf he were a woman I would make him my mistress.ā
Josephineās maid talked about Napoleonās āpredilection for handsome menā. His aides were often young and effeminate, and he would caress them. Even his secetary Meneval described some of Napoleonās behaviour which would be viewed as slightly unusual:
āIn these days of leisure, which was but apparent, for it usually concealed an increase of cerebral activity, Napoleon appeared embarrassed how to spend his time. He would go and spend an hour with the Empress, then he would return, and sitting down on the settee, would sleep, or appear to sleep for a few minutes. He would then come and seat himself on the corner of my writing-table, or on one of the arms of my chair, or even on my knees. He would then put his arm round my neck, and amuse himself by gently pulling my ear, or by patting me on the shoulder, or on the cheek. He would speak to me of all sorts of disconnected subjects, of himself, of his manias, of his constitution, of me, or of some plan that he had in his head.ā
Some historians affirm that Napoleon had multiple affairs with men, mainly soldiers but of course there is no Ā real evidence to back this up, yet at the same time it was of course logical that such meetings would not leave much if any evidence behind.
Keith Stern (Queers in History, 2009) mentions that Napoleon was particularly inclined toward same-sex love with his fellow soldiers, and that many of his aides were notoriously effeminate. General Duroc, who served as Grand Marshal of the palace, was widely rumored to be the emperorās lover. As well, Gaspard Gourgaud, one of Napoleonās aides/lovers, jealously guarded access to his master.
We can however never be certain whether Napoleon was truly bisexual though there are some experiences and written down encounters that suggest that he was. Of course being bisexual in the 18th and 19th century would have been a completely different experience than in the 21st century. It is however noticable how virtually every country in Europe punished sodomy severely yet Napoleon decided to decriminalize the act of sodomy completely.
There is one last interesting thing to observe: Napoleon had a homosexual friend, Laugier de Bellecour who studied with him on the Ćcole Militaire. It is known that Laugier sometimes teased Napoleon about his moralities concerning sexual activities with men which eventually resulted in the fight between the two. Later Napoleon said he regretted it and often spoke of his friend with genuine affection.
Make of this what you wish but it will certainly remain an interesting subject to study.
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He commited multiple crimes
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7 & 20! š
7: Favourite historical dressing, uniform, or costume?
I have so many, but Iāll try to narrow it down. For womenās fashion, Iād say my favourite eras are early 1800s, 1870s, and 1915-16:
But for menās clothing, I only have one answer: Napoleonic era hussar uniforms š¤¤
20: Historical crush?
I already answered my Napoleonic crush to another ask, so hereās a crush from a different era: Felix Yusupov. He murdered Rasputin then wrote a very entertaining book about it, and also happened to be very cute! š„°
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*crack knuckles*š¤
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13: something random about a random historical person in a random era
One fact I find really cute is that Napoleon II liked drawing, and although his tutors tried to encourage him to take an interest in portraiture, he only cared about drawing horses and soldiers š„ŗ
14: Why are you interested in history?
Iāve always been quite interested in history since I was a child, especially because I used to read a lot of historical fiction back then. I think my first history hyperfixation was Ancient Rome, and that was when I was about 12.
As for why Iām interested in history now, I have three main reasons: interesting drama, pretty aesthetics, hot men š
20: History crush?
Where do I even begin with this one, I have so manyā¦ š
But I think my main history crush at the moment is Jean-Andoche Junot. He was very handsome, very devoted to his general, and overall a very fascinating man with quite a romantic temperament š„°
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I have seen many questionnaires but none including history. What a shame..
1. Who is your favourite historical person?
2. What is your country most famous for in history?
3. What is your country most infamous for in history?
4. Favourite historical era?
5. Favourite weapon?
6. Military unit?
7. Historical dressing, uniform or costume?
8. What is the last thing you have read/ listened/ spoke with historical reference?
9. Favourite historical film?
10. Pieces of art ( paintings, sculpures, lithographies, ect.) related to history you like most ( post an image of them)
11. Have you participated in reenactment? What it was like?
12. Would you take part in reenactment? In what era and as whom?
13. Something random about some random historical person in a random era.
14. Why you are interested in history ( a silly question, eh?) ?
15. Were the history classes teached in an interesting way in your school/ college/ university? What would you do to improve them if you were the teacher / lecturer?
16. Do you own some historical item? ( coin, clothing, weapons, books, ect) If yes which one is your favourite?
17. What historical item would you like to own?
18. Look at the clock and assume the numbers are forming historical year ( 17;58 would be 1758) What was / is / will be the world that year? Any event happened then or will happen?
19. Favourite historical book?
20. History crush?
21. Historical game?
22. Random historical fact about the place you are at the moment.
23. Favourite historical song / with such reference?
24. Most underrated historical figure?
25. Most overrated historical figure in your opinion?
26. Forgotten hero we should know about and admire?
27. Favourite historical ā What ifā¦ ā ?
28. Favourite ādream teamā of specific era or the entire history?
29. Great historical mystery you are interested in?
30. Ask me a question of your own.
Send me the numbers of the questions you wish to be answered in my āAskā.
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