HISTORY 1DD3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Napoleonic Code, French Revolution, Romanticism
1 Nov 2017
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About: born in corsica, 1769, graduated military college as an artillery of cer, 1785, thermodorian coup, 1795, italian campaign, 1796-97, egyptian campaign, 1799. Propaganda: romanticized in paintings, heroic image. The napoleonic state: administrative and educational reforms, new aristocracy of merit: Legion of honor: civil code 1804 (code napoleon 1807) Claims he is a child of the revolution, his ideas are good revolutionary ideas. Napoleon crowns himself emperor of france, against revolution. He will become an empire and a dictator, but will not meet resistance from french luned 28 settembre 2015 people. The limits of empire and the fall of napoleon: conquest and re-organization of europe. Also enacts constitutions with his family, has his brothers running states france conquered, nding sympathetic nations to france. Napoleon escapes, builds up a new army (indicative of his remaining signi cant popularity/support) despite all the hardship he"s caused french. Marches on british, dutch, prussian/austrian, russian (all bigger than his)
