He was assigned, as captain, to an army besieging Toulon, a naval base that was aided by a British fleet, while in revolt against the republic. ... In northern Italy he founded the Cisalpine Republic, and straightened his position in France by sending millions of francs worth of treasure to the government. ... He also concluded an agreement with the pope, which contributed to French domestic tranquillity and ended the quarrel with the Roman Catholic church that had arisen during the Revolution. ... In 1806 he seized the kingdom of Naples and made his elder brother Joseph king, converted the Du...

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It must also be noted that by further secularizing the government and alienating the church they also offended the people of the republic they were supposed to represent. ... Yet another positive aspect to the Napoleonic Code was that it compromised between the traditional laws in northern France, the revolutionary laws, and Roman law that was predominant in the south and east of France. ...

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The Napoleonic Empire came into existence following the coronation of Napoleon Bonaparte as Emperor of France at Notre Dame in 1804. The frontiers of the ancien regime had been expanded up to and beyond France's natural borders, with the momentum of expansion following in direct correlation with the...

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CRITICALLY EXAMINE THE LIMITATIONS OF NAPOLEON'S STRATEGY ON WAR INTRODUCTION Napoleon I (1769-1821), emperor of the French, who consolidated and institutionalized many reforms of the French Revolution. One of the greatest military commanders of all time, he conquered the larger part of E...

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