Was Napoleon A Threat To International Order Was Napoleon?
How big a threat to international order was Napoleon?
Was Napoleon a threat to international system? Did he change international rules of behavior and transformed the European order? These questions are open to much debate, discussion and argument. In my essay, I will determine what international order was at the beginning of the French Revolution and analyse Napoleon as a military and political threat to international system.
International system of the 18th century was different from the one that was established after French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars (1791-1815). To understand how Napoleon has challenged the existing international order we have to grasp what the international order actually looked like when Napoleon came to power in 1799.
"Have courage to use your own reason!" - That is how Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) defined the essence of the mentality of 18th century, which was called the century of the Enlightenment. After the Renaissance and Reformation it was the third spiritual revolution, almost entirely broke the medieval system of values. However, Anthony Padgen (2013, p. …show more content…
?French taxation could not provide sufficient revenue to support the Napoleonic regime and the Emperor needed to exact money and supplies from satellite states and vanquished enemies? (Philip G. Dwyer, 2014, p. 169). Napoleon needed a large financial support from the states that he conquered, Italy was one of the first (1796) of the invaded countries and in order to meet Napoleon?s high demand for the Italian money, Italy had to reform its taxation system to a similar that France already had, in order to pay off. However, taxation reform that was followed by other political changes that Napoleon had brought (equality, bureaucracy and judiciary), had a very positive impact on Italian economic and political
Was Napoleon a threat to international system? Did he change international rules of behavior and transformed the European order? These questions are open to much debate, discussion and argument. In my essay, I will determine what international order was at the beginning of the French Revolution and analyse Napoleon as a military and political threat to international system.
International system of the 18th century was different from the one that was established after French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars (1791-1815). To understand how Napoleon has challenged the existing international order we have to grasp what the international order actually looked like when Napoleon came to power in 1799.
"Have courage to use your own reason!" - That is how Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) defined the essence of the mentality of 18th century, which was called the century of the Enlightenment. After the Renaissance and Reformation it was the third spiritual revolution, almost entirely broke the medieval system of values. However, Anthony Padgen (2013, p. …show more content…
?French taxation could not provide sufficient revenue to support the Napoleonic regime and the Emperor needed to exact money and supplies from satellite states and vanquished enemies? (Philip G. Dwyer, 2014, p. 169). Napoleon needed a large financial support from the states that he conquered, Italy was one of the first (1796) of the invaded countries and in order to meet Napoleon?s high demand for the Italian money, Italy had to reform its taxation system to a similar that France already had, in order to pay off. However, taxation reform that was followed by other political changes that Napoleon had brought (equality, bureaucracy and judiciary), had a very positive impact on Italian economic and political