So, in addition to «usual» sources (newspapers, correspondence, memoirs, private diaries), the juridical aspects will be considered (orders and legislative texts), as will contemporary literature and theatre (opera and plays) (the domain of the intellectual elite), official power theatricality (as seen in the coining of medals and coins), architecture (buildings, plans, imperial ordnances), and pictural and sculptural policies. A broad range of sources has been chosen in order to get the best general picture of the space created and the way it was seen. The aim of this thesis is to highlight: the role of Milan in terms of Napoleonic strategies for the staging of the representation of power the modalities for this political theatre and the way in which it was perceived by contemporaries. It is true, Napoleon’s principal residence was Paris, a city in which he accumulated the titles of First Consul of French Republic and of President of the Italian Republic, then Emperor of the French and King of Italy. The initial approach will be to compare Milan with other large cities both in France and in Italy, namely Paris, Rome, Naples and Lyons, the aim being better to explain the specific role played by Milan. This thesis fits within in a currently popular triple historiographic trend: the history of Milan and Lombardy, the history of towns, their territory and function, and the history of power and the representation of that power. PhD thesis jointly supervised by Professors Gilles Bertrand and Luigi Mascilli Migliorini, Université Grenoble 2 and Istituto universitario orientale di Napoli Le rôle de Milan capitale dans les stratégies de représentation du pouvoir napoléonien (1796-1814) Romain BUCLON : Espace créé, espace vécu.
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