Thursday, October 8, 2009

Hundred Days and After

Today in class we learned about Napoleon, and I decided to do some research on after the return of Napoleon. What did he leave behind that was well known? How did he leave France. I found an article that explained everything to me, Napoleon. When Napoleon returned from Elba, he came to a cheering crowd. Louise XVIII fled France leaving the alliances disputing. However as we all know he only took over for a hundred days. When he left, he left the ever popular Napoleonic Code. Which is partly in use today in France, it also served as model to other governments. Also, later on there was a new law that said no state was allowed to have to much power. They wanted these territories to have about equal power that way not one state would become powerful. This created France into a more diplomatic rule. As you can see, Napoleon did influence the modern day with the Napoleonic Code but there were other things that influenced themselves.
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  1. MarjoryOctober 8, 2009 at 8:33 PM

    thanks for posting this because i also was wondering what Napoleon could have done in those 100 days that would have made such a big impact, had Napoleon stayed what else do you think he would have been able to accomplish. ALso what does the napolionic creed entail?

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  2. .October 9, 2009 at 12:16 PM

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  3. .October 9, 2009 at 12:17 PM

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    The Napoleonic Code (you referred to it as the 'creed') was a set of laws passed that increased the freedom and opportunity of individuals in France (except for women, in some circumstances). Passed in 1804, it made a few key changes to France's legal system:

    1) The code established freedom of religion.
    2) Instead of governmental positions being filled by those who were born into the right family, officials were chosen based on their qualifications.
    3) It put restrictions on what kind of laws could be passed; for example, the government was no longer allowed to pass 'secret laws' that the citizens were unaware of.
    4) It clearly said that men had control over their wives; but it also declared that both the husband and the wife had the power to divorce their spouse. Women lost a lot of their rights because of this code.

    Before the Napoleonic Code, France didn't really have a clearly defined, national legal system; a lot of the laws depended on who was in power at the time, or where you lived. The old laws were often unclear, or contradictory, so sometimes the people wouldn't even know when they were breaking the law.

    Here's a good source I used if your interested in learning more about the Napoleonic Code(s):

    http://french-history.suite101.com/article.cfm/napoleonic_codes

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