HISTORY 1DD3 Lecture 7: HISTORY 1DD3- Napoleon, Vienna, Counter-Revolution Part 2
10 Oct 2016
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In his triumphant marches across europe, napoleon called himself soldier of the revolution". The reforms that had been instituted in france he carried in his knapsack for every place where he obtained control. He instructed that the napoleonic code and french civil liberties be put into effect in many of the lands conquered by the french armies. Extending the reforms meant that serfdom disappeared from many parts of europe which had not seen for to abolish it at the time of the french revolution. Save for one year, from 1799 to 1815, france was always at war with britain, and periodically with numerous other states across europe. It was only when, after failing to defeat russia in the disastrous winter campaign of. 1812-1813, that all the other major states of europe agreed to join forces and. Exiled again, this time to the mid atlantic island of st. helena, napoleon died a few years later.
