The story of how the concept of a pantheon, a building honouring great individuals, spread across Revolutionary Europe and interacted with socio-political and cultural changes. Analysing the canon and iconography of each pantheon, Bouwers shows how the commemoration of war and celebration of nationhood gave way to the protection of elite interests.

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EVELINE G. BOUWERS Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Bielefeld University, Germany. Her current research focuses on the use of violence and iconoclasm in the culture wars of modern Europe. She studied history, art history, and political science in Utrecht, Leuven and Amsterdam and holds a PhD from the European University Institute.

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Acknowledgments Introduction: The Journey of the European Pantheonic Imagination Pantheon: the History of a Concept on the Move Competition in the Parliamentary Pantheon in London The Eclipse of Exemplarity: the Imperial Pantheon in Paris A Papal Pantheon? Canova's 'illustrious Italians' in Rome 'National education' in a Royal Pantheon in Regensburg Conclusions: Public Pantheons: a European History? Bibliography Appendices