Frances Sternhagen

The Palace of Versailles is an former royal residence located 10 miles southwest of Paris in the city of Versailles. The palace was built on May 6,1682 (www.livescience.com/38903-palace-of-versailles-facts-history.html). The original residence was primarily a hunting lodge and private retreat for Louis XIII and his family (http://www.travelandleisure.com). Now you can visit the palace in Paris and see all the beautiful rooms and the history behind the palace. The palace and all the rooms in the…

eventually crown himself emperor of France and begin and expansion that would conquer much of Europe. Napoleon was majorly influenced by the French Revolution, for he would use the influence and create a revolution of his own. Napoleon accomplished a great empire through his military dictatorship, but he would also establish such reforms as reinstating the Catholic church as the official church in France, institute the Code Napoleon which would bring religious freedom to France, and establish an…

Napoleon was a brilliant leader who had great dreams for progressive change. He was a general, who quickly rose to power overthrowing the directory. He set up a new government, eventually taking complete power, becoming the new emperor of France. During the French Revolution, Napoleon's role is complicated because he ended the revolution, causing a new one. As an emperor, he conserved the ideal parts of the revolution while also adding new reforms that posed great benefits for citizens. During…

Napoleon Bonaparte was a very important man back in the 1800’s. He was one of the world's best military strategists. What is extraordinary is that Napoleon crowned himself emperor. Napoleon was the first Frenchman to have the title of an emperor for more than 1000 years! He was Corsican-born. On May 18,1804, Napoleon declared himself emperor, and made Josephine (his wife) empress. Napoleon was 35 years old when he crowned himself emperor. He was going to crown himself emperor in the Notre…

Napoleon Bonaparte is broadly viewed as one of the best military commandants ever. At the stature of his energy, he had "extended the victories of France from her progressive fringes to that of a realm that extended from Spain to the steppes of Russia."In his book The Napoleonic Wars, noted student of history Gunther Rothenberg states that Napoleon "made the best armed force of now is the right time, changing the craft of war itself." While doubtlessly the French armed force under…

character who is interposed between approbation and being loathed, whose name is Napoléon Bonaparte. This particular person was a French leader who ruled France as an emperor in 1804 and had performed numerous tasks across his lifetime. As a commander, he performed remarkably when concerning lawmaking, nationalism, military bearing, and restoring order to France. Certain laws and decisions, such as the Napoleonic Code,…

Have you ever wanted to rise to power into the role of a leader of the country? If you have, you might have that unique personality that Napoleon Bonaparte had. He got lucky and worked his way up through the ranks, He used a lot of military tactics, and overall, he was a hero. Viewed as both good and bad, Napoleon Bonaparte was a very powerful leader using a mix of skill, luck and a wide variety of military tactics to get to his position of power. Napoleon Bonaparte used a wide variety of…

Napoleon was considered a son of the Enlightenment as well as the French Revolution. This is supported since has he lived and came into power in the 18th century when the philosophers of the Enlightenment brought forth the ideas of fair treatment of the French people after enduring hundreds of years of an oppressive and unjust monarchy. Since he took part of the French Revolution and reorganized the government to make all French citizens equal under the Constitution of 1799, he can be regarded…

Revolution Marques The fires of the revolution that swept the nation of France during the 18th century were fueled by Enlightenment ideas brought in by thinkers, coming from the recent Scientific Revolution, to France composed of various backgrounds. From the execution of a monarchy, to the creation of a monumental empire, the French Revolution was ravaged and fought on the ideas of freedom and justice for all. The people of France were playing with something that had never been seen in…

Church during the revolution and Napoleonic era influenced the religion in France permanently. It developed the country into a secular one instead of a religious one. The secularism influenced the way humanity saw itself. People were no longer helpless and Church supporting; they were able to succeed and make a difference without religion. The revolution also had a major effect on modern science. The French Revolution changed France and the world, both ideologically and…