Lecture 3 : The Napoleonic Era Flashcards
Bonaparte illustrate himself during the Siege of Toulon
December 1793
What were the features of the executive authority under the consulate
- Three consuls (a primus inter pares
- prefects
- mayors
Legislative powers under the consulate
- council of state
- «tribunate» (discussion - no vote)
- legislative body (no debate - vote)
senate
ministre de l’intérieur de Napoléon
Joseph Fouché
Napoléon is appointed Consul for life
1802
hereditary empire
1804
Concordat
1801
Features of the Concordat
- catholicism « the religion of the great majority of citizens» in France
- no more claims on ecclesiastical lands sold as «national property»
- revolutionary calendar abandoned
Feature of the imperial centralisation
- Band of France ( Franc Germinal)
- land survey
- lycées
- end of the « Tribunate»
Which assembly is put at the centre of the system under the consulate
The council of State that takes care of finance, interior affairs and war
Napoleonic code
1804
What principles does the Napoleonic code establish ?
- equality of all people before the law
- freedom of religion
- right of property owners
- equal inheritance of all children (boys and girls)
Treaty of Amiens
March 1802, peace for 13 months
Disaster on sea at Trafalgar
October 1805
Triumph on land Ulm and Austerlitz
1805
Creation of the confederation of the Rhine
July 1806
Treaties of Tilsitt
1807
Features of Treaties of Tilsitt
end of 4th coalition
Prussia loses territories
Russia accepts the territorial settlements in western Europe as definitive
Napoleon takes Marie-Louise of Austria as wife
April 1810
New ways and means to wage war
- artillery
- Citizen soldiers and levée en masse
- logistics
- quick moves
- intense loyalty from soldiers
Beginning of war in Spanish-Portuguese Peninsula
1807 until 1813
Beginning of the Russian campaign
1812
Napoleon’s abdication and Louis 18
April 1814
Treaty of Fontainebleau
April 1814
The 100 days
March 1815
Waterloo disaster
June 1815
From whom did Napoleon claimed legitimacy ?
From the people not only from god contrary to the Bourbons kings
Name of the Duke Napoléon had executed to secure his position ?
Duc d’Enghien
Why did Napoleon want to have a professional bureaucracy ?
to guarantee the order, justice and the revenue of the Empire
What characterised the Napoleonic regime ?
a strong executive, prefects instead of committees in the départements
Who appointed the mayors ?
the prefects
nickname for the bishops ?
‘prefects in purple “
Who established a strong police and commissaires in large towns ?
Fouché
When was the Continental system established ?
in 1806
What was the Continental System’s goal?
Close European’s ports to Britain who needed to export textile and metal
What did the French troops from the Levée en masse see themselves as ?
As liberators and not conquerors at the service of ideal liberty, equality and fraternity
