HIS109Y1 Lecture Notes - Napoleonic Code, Napoleonic Wars, Collective Unconscious
Document Summary
Congress of vienna - restoration and renewal rev began reasonably - reasonable change. Napoleon changed earth -- redrawing map, intro of ideas that couldn"t be eradicated (military prep, code napoleon=legal system that spread across continent --> organized system of law that allowed country to operate independently) Into of new admin system (new monarchy b/c of popular au- thority) and intro of change of ideas (code napoleon = in effect in several countries) Napoleonic wars = overshadowed fears around rev. After 1804 - napoleon embraced monarchy, recognized social privilege + aristocracy --> coun- teract worst evernt of terror and revolution to make new form of monarchy (something people could understand, feel comfortable with), back to ancien ragime. How to deal with complex moment -- france was eligible to return to having europen monar- chies. Influence of revolution & englihgtmetn -- across europe. Influence of fr rev & napoleon --> every state on continent was affected and influenced.
