Age of Napolean (I.D Notes)
Chapter 19
The Age of Napoleon and the Triumph of Romanticism
* Napolean Bonaparte (Napolean I) * Military and political leader; emperor * France * 1769-1821 * Established hegemony over most of continental Europe and sough to spread the ideas of the Revolution. Highly successful in the war.
* Horatio Nelson * Flag officer in the Royal Navy * England * 1758-1805 * Notable for his inspirational leadership, superb grasp of strategy, and unconventional tactics that won many naval battles. Killed in the Battle of Trafalgar.
* The Consulate * Government between the fall of the Directory until the beginning of the Napoleanic Empire. * France * 1799- 1804 * Ended the Revolution
* Charles Maurice de Talleyrand * Diplomat from the regime of Louis XVI to Louis-Philippe. * France * 1754-1838 * One of the most versatile, skilled and influential diplomats in European history; possibly a traitor to the Ancien Régime and Napolean
* Concordat of 1801 * An agreement between Napolean and Pope Pius VII * France * 1801 * Both solidified the Roman Catholic Church as the majority church of France and brought back most of its civil status * Napoleonic Code * Civil code established under Napolean * France * 1804 * Forbade privileges based on birth, allowed freedom of religion, and specified that government jobs should go to the most qualified
* Treaty of Amiens * Treaty between the French Republic and the United Kingdom. * Amiens * 1802 * Temporarily ended hostilities between the French and British
* Battle of Trafalgar * Naval battle between the British, French, and Spanish in the War of the Third Coalition * Spain * 1805 * Decisive naval victory for the British over the French (and Spanish); Horatio Nelson was killed
The Age of Napoleon and the Triumph of Romanticism
* Napolean Bonaparte (Napolean I) * Military and political leader; emperor * France * 1769-1821 * Established hegemony over most of continental Europe and sough to spread the ideas of the Revolution. Highly successful in the war.
* Horatio Nelson * Flag officer in the Royal Navy * England * 1758-1805 * Notable for his inspirational leadership, superb grasp of strategy, and unconventional tactics that won many naval battles. Killed in the Battle of Trafalgar.
* The Consulate * Government between the fall of the Directory until the beginning of the Napoleanic Empire. * France * 1799- 1804 * Ended the Revolution
* Charles Maurice de Talleyrand * Diplomat from the regime of Louis XVI to Louis-Philippe. * France * 1754-1838 * One of the most versatile, skilled and influential diplomats in European history; possibly a traitor to the Ancien Régime and Napolean
* Concordat of 1801 * An agreement between Napolean and Pope Pius VII * France * 1801 * Both solidified the Roman Catholic Church as the majority church of France and brought back most of its civil status * Napoleonic Code * Civil code established under Napolean * France * 1804 * Forbade privileges based on birth, allowed freedom of religion, and specified that government jobs should go to the most qualified
* Treaty of Amiens * Treaty between the French Republic and the United Kingdom. * Amiens * 1802 * Temporarily ended hostilities between the French and British
* Battle of Trafalgar * Naval battle between the British, French, and Spanish in the War of the Third Coalition * Spain * 1805 * Decisive naval victory for the British over the French (and Spanish); Horatio Nelson was killed