HIST 1400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Maximilien Robespierre, Bonapartism, Bourbon Restoration
Notes 2/28/2018
Contrasting the French Revolution and Napoleon
Talleyrand=Revolution
Napoleon= Emperor post Revolution
1. Females
a. Napoleon sees them as “Baby Makers”
Reign of Terror vs. Republic of Virtue
1. Maximilien Robespierre
a. Sees Reign of Terror as needed for a better tomorrow
b. Took part in the Revolution
c. “The Incorruptible”
i. Can’t be bought/swayed, all for the people
1. Executed for abusing power
a. Contradictions
d. Loyalty to France as a country
e. Loyalty to the Revolution
f. Loyal to the Republic
g. Loyal to the Jacobins
Republicanism vs. Bonapartism
1. Both Political movements
2. Bonapartism
a. Rural movement
i. Peasants more than city people
ii. People who support Napoleon and his family
b. Holds Referendums to get backup of people support
i. EX: Making him consul for life
c. Spread French Glory
3. Republicanism
Notes 3/5/18
War and Society in Revolutionary Europe (French Restoration and the Concert of Europe)
1. 1815-Congress of Vienna
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Document Summary
Napoleon= emperor post revolution: females, napoleon sees them as baby makers . Republicanism vs. bonapartism: both political movements, bonapartism, rural movement. People who support napoleon and his family: holds referendums to get backup of people support. Ex: making him consul for life: spread french glory, republicanism. War and society in revolutionary europe (french restoration and the concert of europe: 1815-congress of vienna, establishes postwar european political system that lasts until 1848. Pioneered by prince klemens von metternich: known as concert of europe or congress system, centered around alliance of austria russia, prussia, the uk and the restored. French monarchy whose goal is to maintain a balance of power: go as close to 1789 politics as possible. Liberalism: legal equality/advancement by merit, civil liberties, representative government, england/france, protect civil liberties, define powers, expand electorate, continent, national unity, economic freedom, removal of constraints. Conservatism: legitimate rule, landed aristocratic privilege, established churches.
