Names Flashcards
-defended England against Napoleon
-secured British dominance of the sea
Horatio Nelson
-prime minister of England during the Napoleonic Wars
-anti-Napoleon
-ring leader for coalition against Napoleon
William Pitt (the Younger)
-Pope who reigned during the Napoleonic era
-policy towards Napoleon: at first he pursued a policy of diplomacy and friendly conversation with Napoleon
-later Pope changed tune and excommunicated him
Pope Pius VII
-alliance of nations against Napoleon
-included Austria, Russia, Prussia, and Sweden financed by Great Britain
The Third Coalition
-German composer during Napoleon’s time
-he is considered a bridge between the classical period and the romantic period
Ludwig van Beethoven
-Emperor of the French who almost conquered the whole world
-great military commander (genius)
-politician (statesman)
-took supreme authority after the Revolution
-he sought for his own glory by means of his own strength
Napoleon Bonaparte
-aim in warfare: he was driven by nationalism (the state should control the Church)
-he wanted to control the Catholic Church because the Catholic Church was extremely influential in France (if he could control the Church, he could control the people)
-liberal
-1st big power to show in almost every day life
-contempt and indifference towards the Catholic faith and the Catholic Church as a whole
-he considered himself to be someone who was going to free all of Europe from the Catholic Church
Napoleon Bonaparte