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From the Legion of Honour to the Star of India. New Nineteenth-Century Emperors and their Orders of Chivalry

03 jan 2019 16:00 - 18:00
Victoria Memorial Hall
Conference Hall
New Library Building
1, Queens Way
Kolkata
West Bengal
700071, Inde
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Conférence d'Helen Watanabe-O'Kelly, résidente 2018-2019 de l'IEA de Paris

Résumé

The nineteenth century saw the creation of new emperors in France, Austria, Germany, Mexico, Brazil and India. Each of these emperors, from Napoleon to Queen Victoria, instituted so-called 'orders of chivalry'. These were distinctions involving medals, ribbons and sashes and rich costumes to be worn on formal occasions. Some of these decorations were awarded for merit of various kinds or for military bravery, others to ensure the loyalty of the recipient. Queen Victoria founded such an order in 1861, namely, the Star of India. The lecture asks what the point of these orders was in general, and whether the Star of India was used in the same way during the British Raj as orders were used in other new empires.

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