This dataset contains the names/appointments of all (sub)prefects in the Dutch and Northwest German departments of the French Empire, c.1809-1814.
It is a so-called Palladio-project, containing visualizations which can be viewed with Stanford University’s ‘Palladio’ application, at http://hdlab.stanford.edu/palladio/
The data set is based on…[Read more]

Article on the introduction and workings of the French system of policing in the incorporated, Dutch departments of the Napoleonic Empire.

Basic dataset for purposes