HIS109Y1 Lecture Notes - Continental System, War Of The Third Coalition, Maximilien Robespierre
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272 (theme of second half of course) transformations were gradual, some of the old traditions continued. Modern europe emerged out of 2 transformations: french revolution & industrialisation. New political structures, ideologies, social relations & economic conditions emerged out of the tensions. Napoleon: lecture outline: reconciliation of old & new regimes, administrative reforms, code napoleon, military conquest, reorganization of germany, stimulation of national feeling in europe. Napoleon took power in 1799 & his rise to power was a symptom of the upheaval of the rev. : climate of fear & paranoia b/c the powers of europe saw it as imperative to squash the rev. After napoleon took power, he emerged as the strongest power in the fr. gov"t (coup within a coup) Napoleon bonaparte (1769-1821) -coup of 18 brumaire (nov. 9, 1799) the concordat of 1801 peace of amiens (1802) civil code of 1803 (napoleonic code) french empire (1804) Always walking the line between being a child of the rev.
