how far can you say that napoleon is the son of the revolution

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How far can you say that Napoleon is the “son” of the revolution?

On 15th August 1769 Napoleon Bonaparte the son of a poor Corsican lawyer was born and so began the legend of Napoleon Bonaparte. Many ask to this day, “Was Napoleon the son of the revolution?” What Napoleon achieved and gave to the world after the French Revolution had been won truly gave the world a new sight of mind.

All over Europe monarchies were weakening but it was still unclear what forms of government would replace the old order of the ancien regime. One form was that of "enlightened despotism," which Napoleon represented himself as a dictator. He set off useful reforms and had a very open minded point of view. Yet Napoleon did not keep his power through his home policies alone. He was a master strategist on the battlefield and a master at international consultations. Napoleon repeatedly won both military and political victories. Even though he wasn’t that religious, he succeeded in reconciling France and the Catholic Church in the Concordat of 1801.

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As a child of the Enlightenment and a son of the French Revolution, Napoleon was at the same time a traditional monarch, taking on all the display and paperwork of the monarchic traditions with a revolution bringing wide and long term changes to the regions under his rule. In declaring himself as an Emperor in 1804, Napoleon made all French citizens equal under the law and initiated fixed reforms such as the Napoleonic Code, which remains the basis for many of the world's legal systems. The educational system of lycees or high schools and universities that he promoted remains an ...

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