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Napoleon's Ideals

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There is no skepticism that Napoleon is a product of the revolution, a symbol of the revolutions end, and he was, to a certain degree, a promoter of values. The opportunities available in the revolution allowed Napoleon to attain great power over France. Napoleon brought the ideas of liberty, equality and fraternity into France which indicated to the citizens he was a promoter of values. Although as the revolution progressed, his effort in the war campaigns displayed that he was not solicitous and he what he did was not adequate. Nonetheless, he was unquestionably a symbol of the revolutions end as for his betrayal of the revolutionary ideas of liberty, equality and fraternity. The extent to which he is any of the above is a topic of debate …show more content…

In 1789, the third estate announced itself the National Assembly; the aim was merely to make it their right to design laws for the people of France (McAndrew; Thomas 1990, 32). The leaders of the National Assembly wanted to eliminate the privileges and exemptions from taxation that the nobles and clergy had been previously granted; they also aimed for equality under the law (Brooman 1992, 83). The Napoleonic code was designed to create a unified code of law which was to apply to all French people in every part of France, this predominantly created a positive image of Napoleon and caused him to appear as an advocate for the people of France (Allsopp; Cowie 1992, 38). Napoleon’s modifications including the introduction of a unified code of law for all of France impressed the citizens and provided Napoleon with the followers he needed to rise to greater power. Napoleon ended the religious conflict caused in the revolution and “it gave him the support of millions of people” (Brooman 1992, 62). Napoleon gratified the whole of Europe and “no society was the same again. He gave impetus to the development of new social and political forms in Europe” (Allsopp; Cowie 1992, 45). To some people Napoleon was continually a promoter of values, although, to others, he was an egotistical leader whose system was considered

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For example Napoleon created equal rights for all men. One of the whole reasons the French revolution even happened was because people wanted to be equal and wanted to eliminate the estate system. When Napoleon came into power he created the Napoleonic code which was a list of laws. One of the laws stated that, “All citizens are equal before the law.” In Napoleon's rule this law was one of the most significant pieces of legislation that could have been provided to the French people.

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Following the French Revolution the Napoleonic Code, a code written by Napoleon in 1800 was published. It is a set of laws created by Napoleon himself, that promotes equality and ends feudalism for the French people. The Napoleonic Code states “The exercise of civil rights is independent of the quality of citizen, which is only acquired and preserved conformably to the constitutional law” (Napoleonic Code, Article 7). This article of the Napoleonic Code is giving all French citizens civil rights through the constitution instead of through social status, which is how the French people’s natural rights were determined before. By doing this Napoleon gave all French men equal rights, no matter their social status.

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