Social Change Flashcards
What did Napoleon’s society aim to achieve? How did this link to enlightement principles? - Social Change
Napoelon aimed to create a society in which anyone could advance themselves through their own merit rather than being in a fixed social position without social mobility. This aimed to prevent the Ancien Regime system of privilege by birth from prospering and allow people to aspire to careers that may not correspond to the class that they were born into.
What example is there of an individual advancing their social status under Napoleon? - Social Change
General Augerau was born the son of a Parisian fruit seller. He rose to become a member of the imperial nobility, inducted into the Legion of Honour and a Marshal of France.
What was the purpose of Napoleon’s system of titles and social honours? How was it limited in terms of its compliance with enlightenment principles? - Social Change
Napoleon’s system of social honours and hierarchy aimed to allow him to confer rewards and priviliges to supporters in order to bind people to his regime and encourage absolute loyalty to him. However, this system largely only rewarded civilians of education and wealth who could serve the Empire instead of being expanded to the entirety of society.
When did Napoleon establish the Legion of Honour? What was this? What did people recieve as part of this? - Social Change
The Legion of Honour was established in 1802, intending to utilise this to reward those who had been loyal to him and his regime. This was a system of titles and social privileges afforded to individuals, with those introdcued into it recieving a salary, a ‘star of the order’ bearing Napoleon’s head, a sash and a star adorned with an eagle.
How many awards were made as part of the Legion of Honour? How many of these went to civilians? Which group recieved the most patronage from this? - Social Change
32,000 awards were granted as part of the Legion of Honour, with only 1500 going to civilians. The majority of these were awarded to military members.
When did Napoleon begin to grant titles as part of the Imperial Nobility? Who were these titles granted to? - Social Change
Napoleon began to grant titles as part of the Imperial Nobility in 1804. These titles were initially granted to family members (with his brothers granted princely titles), while senior figures in the state, church, local administration and military later recieved these titles.
What % of Imperial Nobility titles went to military men? What % went to Ancien Regime nobility? - Social Change
59% of Imperial Nobility titles went to military men, while 22.5% went to Ancien Regime nobles.
What were the Marshals of France? - Social Change
The Marshals of France were the 18 outstanding military individuals in Imperial France.
What was the size of the Imperial Nobility in relation to the Ancien Regime nobility? How was the awarding of titles different from the Anicen Regime? - Social Change
The new nobility was 1/7 of the size of the Ancien Regime nobility. Titles as part of the Imperial Nobility were awarded as a result of service and value to Napoleon’s regime rater than due to birth or social status as took place under the Ancien Regime.
What reforms did Napoleon introduce to primary education? - Social Change
Napoleon introuduced a state primary school in each commune, run by the local municipality. He was also willing to allow church and other private educational offerings on top of this.
What were Napoleon’s lycees? What did they offer? - Social Change
Napoleon’s lycees were elitist schools made available to those who successfully passed a scholarship education. These offered education to prepare individuals for government, civil and military careers.
What education was offered to military students at lycees? What education was offered to civil students at lycees? - Social Change
Military: mathematics, physics, chemistry, military matters taught.
Civil: languages, rhetoric, philosophy taught.
What condition was placed upon private and church education for them to be permitted to offer education? What aim of Napoleonic education does this link to? - Social Change
Private and church education was permitted to exist alongside secular education so long as they taught the virtues of obedience and loyalty to Napoleon’s regime.
What % of lycee places went to the sons of soldiers and civil servants under Napoleon? What does this suggest about this branch of education? - Social Change
40% of lycee places went to sons of soldiers and civil servants under Napoleon. This suggests that the most prestigious branch of education under Napoleon’s regime was highly elitist and largely reserved for those who already served the Emperor.
What secondary education offerings other than lycees were created under Napoleon? What were these? - Social Change
Colleges: municipal secondary schools
Instituts: secondary schools which focussed on a vocational secondary education
When was the Imperial University established? What were roles of this institution? - Social Change
The Imperial University was established in 1808. This was responsible for teacher training, the setting up of new schools, controlling the curriculum and inspecting schools.
What were potential purposes of education under Napoleon? - Social Change
Creating an educated elite that could provide skill and value to his empire, instilling loyalty and patriotism within the population, providing for the future of France and the Empire and rewarding his ‘notables’ with positions in prestigious education for their children.
What did Napoleon personally believe to be the role of women in France? What educational consequences did Napoleon’s attitudes have for women? - Social Change
Women were destined for marriage and childbirth according to Napoleon, with marriage also having the purpose of transmitting property. As such, Napoleon decided to offer minimal education for women, believing that primary education would be sufficient for this.
What positive and negative impacts did the Civil Code have for women? - Social Change
Positive: women were granted marginally improved rights over property, granted increased access to divorce through divorce by mutual consent.
Negative: married women unable to accept inheritance without permission of husband, had to share profits from sold property with husband, could not own land.
What had the number of Parisian newspapers been cut from-to by January 1800? How many by 1801? - Social Change
Napoleon reduced the number of Parisian newspapers from 73 to 13 by January 1800, later cutting this to only 4 by 1801.
When did censors begin to be appointed to individual newspapers under Napoleon? What topics could/could not be discussed as part of this? - Social Change
Censors began to be appointed to individual newspapers from 1809. No papers were allowed to discuss controversial topics, and were only allowed to publish official news sanstioned by ministers and military bulletins written by Napoleon himself.
When was a censorship board set up under Napoleon to reject or approve books for publication? - Social Change
A censorship board was set up in 1810 to approve or reject books for publication.
How did Napoleon’s use of propaganda and images differ from earlier in the revolutionary period? - Social Change
Napoleon utilised propaganda in order to personally glorify himself and represent himself as bringing order and stability, whereas previous revolutionary art/propaganda/images had been oriented towards representing abstract concepts such as liberty, equality and fraternity.
What propaganda did Napoleon commission to glorify himself? - Social Change
Napoleon used art, sculptures and writing to honour his achievements and represent his glory. This included David’s painting of Napoleon’s coronation as Emperor, as well as ‘The Distribution of the Eagle Standards.’
