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Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821), also known as Napoleon I, was a French military leader and emperor who conquered much of Europe in the early 19th century. Born on the island of Corsica, Napoleon rapidly rose through the ranks of the military during the French Revolution (1789-1799).
- The Corsican
- The Revolutionary
- The Jacobin
- The Soldier
In 1768, the year before Napoleon's birth, the Kingdom of France purchased Corsica from the Republic of Genoa, which had distantly ruled it for the previous few centuries. Although nominally under Genoese control, the Corsicans had been used to effectively ruling themselves. They had recently claimed independence, declaring the Corsican Republic in...
Despite his obligations as a French officer, Napoleon welcomed the Revolution, viewing it as a manifestation of the Enlightenment ideals he had come to believe in, a triumphof logic and reason. Still, he did his soldierly duty and helped disperse a riot in Auxonne eight days after the Bastille fell, arresting 33 people. In August, he received permi...
Napoleon could not stay in Ajaccio following the Easter Sunday debacle, so he returned to Paris, hoping to resume his commission in the army. He was in the city during the Demonstration of 20 June 1792, when a Parisian mob stormed the Tuileries Palace, accosted King Louis XVI of France and Queen Marie Antoinette, and forced the king to wear the red...
On 3 May 1793, Napoleon was detained by Paolist supporters on his way to join his brother Joseph in Bastia. He was freed soon after by villagers sympathetic to France, although the family estate, Casa Bonaparte, was ransacked by Paolists a few weeks later. Having seized the city of Ajaccio, Paoli's government officially outlawed the Bonaparte famil...
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Mar 2, 2024 · Napoleonic Wars and the Emergence of Modern Nationalism. Napoleon Bonaparte changed the fate of Europe like few others. As France emerged from the bloody and divisive French Revolution, Napoleon rapidly ascended to power and had his eyes on the European continent, hungry to expand French dominance. As the Emperor of France, he undertook a ...
Jun 1, 2007 · W eber took Napoleon to be the embodiment of charismatic author ity, one. of his three ‘ideal-types’ of political authority. As these insights make clear, Napoleon’ s transfor mation of the ...
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s client states and the role of the Bonaparte family in the Empire. Further chapters in the volume examine the war aims of the various protagonists and offer an overall assessment of the nature of war in this period. M ICHAEL B ROERS is Professor of Western European History and Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford. He has written
Italy, did they decide Napoleon had to be defeated for a peaceful Europe. B. War of the Second Coalition: 1798-1801 1. Napoleon had his navy destroyed by England’s Lord Horatio Nelson in the Battle of the Nile (1798). Napoleon and the French army were thus isolated in North Africa. 2. Napoleon was victorious in the war, nevertheless 3.
Republican legitimacy. Everyone knows that the first article of the Sénatus-consulte founding the Empire stipulated: “The government of the Republic is handed over to an Emperor”. In creating a new title for the head of state, the Sénat however did not put an end to the République proclaimed in September 1792.
