EUR200Y1 Lecture : SEPT 22ND 2011 EUR200.docx
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Napoleon from 1789 18th of brumaire (napoleon calendreir) - napoleon involved in even the most small details of nation making. Napoleon starts to undermined the transfer of power from the monarchy to the people: however he is a child of the revolution os he did not see himself as anti-revolution, napoleon was a tremendous modernizer. From 1799-1814 he takes over every mayor portfolio in the republic of france. He is doing everything by himself: napoleon comes to represent as a trend enlightened absolutism. Napoleon is the first unifier of europe based on his model under the. Reorders map of europe, develops diff types of territories (reunited territories to france, he has conquered countries, reorders map of europe in his favour, His legacy inside france, all his transformations stay with france. French lived in the napoleonic era for too long. Other than the foreign policy component is taken apart , the domestic tho is maintained in.