Napoleon, The Revolution, and The Empire
Philip Dwyer
In the face of long line political failures that was Revolution, foundation Empire in 1804 an attempt to create a new polity, third way between radical republicanism and royalism. The regime created by Napoleon curious mixture modern traditional, social fusion old France. Empire, reforms emanated from it, had its roots Revolution. Despite opposition they sometimes encountered, were all conceived as instruments cohesion. imperial represented polity <italic>both</italic> broke with past relied on ancien régime institutions people help implant order.
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