Open AccessLes transformations du voyage à l’époque de la Révolution et de l’Empire : Le cas italien
Author(s) -
Gilles Bertrand
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
viatica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2275-0827
DOI - 10.52497/viatica696
Subject(s) - humanities , empire , population , politics , ancien regime , art , history , ethnology , ancient history , political science , demography , sociology , law
This article studies the situation of French travellers in Italy during the Revolution and the First Empire. Revolutionary unrest and breaks with the Ancien Régime had a strong impact on the way Europeans travelled during this period. In addition to the nobles and the literate who continued to travel, other members of the population and new travel areas for exploration appeared. According to the Venetian archives dating from 1789 to 1796, Italy, a welcoming land for some, became an experimental field for strategies with political and scientific stakes.