HIS241H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Papal States, Louis Xvii Of France, Continental System
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Thursday, july 12: in search of an empire, part ii. Napoleonic wars / congress of vienna and its aftermath. Humble origins in corsica, humiliated for wealth, accent in military school. Shy and withdrawn as a child; determined and brilliant. 1793 takes royalist toulon and defeats the supporting british. 1795 suppresses riots against the directory in paris. 1796 commander of the french army of italy conquering northern italy and proving himself to be exceptional: pushes the austrians away from the frontier and takes austria, netherlands, and part of the rhine for france. Defeat of the 2nd coalition france beats spain, portugal, austria, gb, rus, prus. Marengo (1800) austria must sign peace treaty. Russia withdrawals from switz, and france reorganizes it to a constitutional repub. Calendar: sets a precedent of the position of the church within the state. Peace treaty with gb; gb accepts french conquests and returns captures colonies. 1802 voted councilor for life: so popular esp since the concordat.
