Napoleon Bonaparte and the Legacy of the French Revolution
by Martyn Lyons
European Studies Series (1994)
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The Napoleonic period cannot be interpreted as a single historical 'block'. Bonaparte had many different persona: the Jacobin, the Republican, the reformer of the Consulate, the consolidator of the Empire and the 'liberal' of the Hundred Days. The emphasis here will be on Napoleon as the heir and executor of the French Revolution, rather than on his role as the liquidator of revolutionary ideals. Napoleon will be seen as part of the Revolution, preserving its social gains, and consecrating show more the triumph of the bourgeoisie. The book will steer away from the personal and heroic interpretation of the period. Instead of seeing the era in terms of a single man, the study will explore developments in French society and the economy, giving due weight to recent research on the demographic and social history of the period 1800-1815. show lessTags
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Martyn Lyons is Professor in the School of History and Philosophy at the University of New South Wales in Sydney.
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- Canonical title
- Napoleon Bonaparte and the Legacy of the French Revolution
- Original publication date
- 1994
- People/Characters
- Napoleon Bonaparte; Joseph Fouché
- Important places
- Paris, France
- Important events
- French Revolution; Battle of Waterloo
- Epigraph
- Without power, ideals cannot be realised; with power, they rarely survive Fidel Castro .
My wife and I, we have the Emperor in our guts A distillery worker in Provence, 1822 - First words
- Napoleon Bonaparte, for his enemies and admirers, was the "Ogre," the Corsican brigand, the man of destiny, a new Atilla, a latter-day Nero, a Prometheus chained to his rock by the mean-spirited British.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Napoleon was ceasing to become the reference point for a particular political group; he was already being appropriated as an asset who belonged to the entire nation.
- Original language
- English
Classifications
- Genres
- History, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir
- DDC/MDS
- 944.05092 — History & geography History of Europe France and Monaco France First empire 1804-1815
- LCC
- DC201 .L96 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania France – Andorra – Monaco History of France Modern, 1515- Revolutionary and Napoleonic period, 1789-1815
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