HIST 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Coup Of 18 Brumaire, The Russian Campaign, Cultural Imperialism
23 Mar 2016
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New age n early ys of 19th c. So he is no more than a common mortal! Now, too, he will tread under foot all the rights of man, indulge only his ambiion; now he will think himself superior to all men, and become a tyrant! . Beethoven, 1804: saw napoleon as force for good and progress (wrote symphony for him, later saw him as betraying the fr revoluion, betrayal to good ideas meant to liberate men from chains of tradiion. Change in this prd from older ways of doing things to more modern ways. Romanicism of the age heroism, emoions, passion (seen in naionalism following napoleon"s rise) Rich prd where everybody is taking noice of this man who came out of nowhere and comes ulimately to most powerful posiion in eu. Born into portugan fam, gets a scholarship to military academy in paris (centre of knowledge)
