Author: Napoleon; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821 was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the latter stages of the French Revolution and its associated wars in Europe. As Napoleon I, he was Emperor of France from 1804 to 1815. His legal reform, the Napoleonic Code, has been a major influence on many Civil Law jurisdictions worldwide, but he is best remembered for his role in the wars led against France by a series of coalitions, the so-called Napoleonic Wars.
Context:A time after the French Revolution. A new Emperor took the throne after a war against the monarch. The revolution was fought for more say by the people and uneven taxing of the lower peasants.
Summary: Napoleon tells the people of Italy that since he came to the throne to determine the fate of all those people who formed the empire of France. He tells Italy that he is making it better and gave someone related to him to make it great.
Key of Quotation: "I have done away with the uncertainty in Italy by placing upon my head the crown of Iron...."
By 1810, Napoleon was fully committed to expanding his reign over all of Europe. In this document, he presents these ambitions as his duty to spread liberalism and to end tyranny.
ReplyDelete"When Providence elevated me to the first throne in the world it became my duty, while establishing forever the destinies of France, to determine the fate of all those people who formed a part of the empire, to insure for all the benefits of stability and order, and to put an end everywhere to the woes of anarchy."
See also "A Citizen Devoted to the Republic," "The Legion of Honor," & "Reasons for Establishing the Empire"
PDP is still missing stuff looks like this is because of lees reading there are still some important stuff that have to be i this PDP like when this document written Napolean was in the top of his reign and this makes it easy for him to spread his thinking around France with the help of Fear.
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