What Are Napoleon Bonaparte's Accomplishments During The Enlightenment
The enlightenment was a time of change and acquiring new knowledge all throughout Europe during the eighteenth century. During this time period, many of things were accomplished such as scientific advancements with Copernicus and Johannes Kepler and scholastic advancements with Rousseau and Voltaire. The main achievement of the enlightenment though was the exploring of new ideas and the opening of great minds like Napoleon Bonaparte, who was a child of the Enlightenment. During his reign, he accomplished a lot more things than the other rulers that came before him, domestically and foreignly. His development of Code Napoléon or The Napoleonic Code helped establish the freedom to practice religion and ended of manorial obligations of peasants
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Being at the top was an Enlightenment way to think which was Napoleon’s mindset. After the loss of his attempt to invade Russia, his power slowly began to decline. Which led to his exile to Elba, which he was living well and could’ve just stayed put but his enlightened way of thinking led him to his final downfall because he returned to France in an attempt to gain back his power. His soldiers were sent by Louis XVIII so that he could be captured but instead they sided along with Napoleon and thus the Hundred Days of his reign began. Napoleon lost his final battle at Waterloo against the Duke of Wellington which eventually lead to him being exiled to St. Helena an island in the South Atlantic Ocean.
Napoleon Bonaparte overall was a great ruler who turned France into a powerful country, the only flaw he had that lead to his downfall was his attitude. He felt as though he was more authoritative than the Pope. Many pieces of artwork created at this time illustrated him as being more dominant than God, which is how he portrayed himself. Another powerful ruler in Europe who was like this is was Nazi Germany’s dictator Adolf Hitler. Both Napoleon and Hitler were unstoppable rulers that obtained a great amount of land in Europe, as well as had the attitude of being the most powerful man on
Being at the top was an Enlightenment way to think which was Napoleon’s mindset. After the loss of his attempt to invade Russia, his power slowly began to decline. Which led to his exile to Elba, which he was living well and could’ve just stayed put but his enlightened way of thinking led him to his final downfall because he returned to France in an attempt to gain back his power. His soldiers were sent by Louis XVIII so that he could be captured but instead they sided along with Napoleon and thus the Hundred Days of his reign began. Napoleon lost his final battle at Waterloo against the Duke of Wellington which eventually lead to him being exiled to St. Helena an island in the South Atlantic Ocean.
Napoleon Bonaparte overall was a great ruler who turned France into a powerful country, the only flaw he had that lead to his downfall was his attitude. He felt as though he was more authoritative than the Pope. Many pieces of artwork created at this time illustrated him as being more dominant than God, which is how he portrayed himself. Another powerful ruler in Europe who was like this is was Nazi Germany’s dictator Adolf Hitler. Both Napoleon and Hitler were unstoppable rulers that obtained a great amount of land in Europe, as well as had the attitude of being the most powerful man on