chapter 22 social Flashcards
what was behind napoleon’s social policies?
enlightenment ideals of liberty, equality and brotherhood
what was the impact of the concordat?
ended secular privilleges, more religious toleration (including Jews), church lands seized and monasteries abolished
what did religious toleration depend on?
degree of french control
what were feudal privileges and seigneurialism replaced by?
civil code and more legal equality
what was also abolished?
serfdom
who became more important?
landowners - seen as a way to maintain social order as nobility disappeared- faced opposition in more rural areas
when did social policies become less important and why?
1808 - more of a focus on military campaigns - not much change in rural empire
what was the impact of military concription?
5000 men from berg, 600,000 from westphalia, opposition from peasants as army lived off the land so crops got taken
who benefitted most from social policies?
bourgeoisie - didn’t make much different to common people of empire states
where were social policies effective?
Rhineland - happy to accept abolition of secular privileges, Duchy of Warsaw - new constitution attempted and serfdom abolished
where were social policies ineffective?
Spain - peasant uprising after napoleon seized the pope, warsaw - suspended jewish toleration for 10 years, naples - would not accept eradication of traditional social systems, opposition to conscription in spain, naples, veneto, german tyrol, european jews would not accept imposition of french control
