2006-08-27 12:06:11 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Napoleon was one of its kind.
He brought new age with him and left his mark in history.
All revolutions or wars are linked to money and political interest of a elite. Spirit and surroundings are just part of a poetic justic or even poetic history that try to keep eyes far from manipulation.
2006-08-27 23:38:46 · answer #1 · answered by carlos_frohlich 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Napoleon Bonaparte betrayed the spirit of the French Revolution, which was suppose to depose a decadant monarchy and introduce a republic (a revolutionaries were inspired by the American Revolution just a few years earlier) that should embrace brotherhood, liberty, and democray. Neither was the case. Napoleon crowned himself emperor of the French and started on a path of conquest to install the spirit of nepotism.
2006-08-27 19:56:32 · answer #2 · answered by Maria Gallercia 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The French Revolution was inspired by the concept of freedom from autocratic rule. It is a strange twist of history that within a generation the people of France were accepting an "Emperor". From King to Emperor I dont see how you could say anything else except that he betrayed the principles of liberty and fraternity.
More or less the same thing happened in Russia in 1917.
The people grew sick of the Czars and overthrew them only to be replaced by EVEN MORE repressive Communist leaders.
Seems like a patttern in history that democratic transition only comes through a few false starts and growing pains. Maybe thats what we are seeing now in the middle east.
2006-08-27 19:31:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have written a few essays on this in college. I do believe that he betrayed the spirit of the revolution by making himself emperor and likening himself to Caesar.
He also had censorship laws as well as an intrusive police force....but he adopted a law code that bears his name and improved the education system for French kids (at the time).
2006-08-27 21:07:19 · answer #4 · answered by chrstnwrtr 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He betrayed its spirit. He made himself emperor and the revolution was for getting rid of the king and establishing a Republic.
2006-08-27 20:35:50 · answer #5 · answered by bumpocooper 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He betrayed its spirit. His crowning himself Emperor and his quest to rule the world had little to do with 'Liberte, Egalite, Fraternite'.
2006-08-28 01:12:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
according to Nostradamus, Napoleon Bonaparte was the first French antiChrist - he was dead at 52!
2006-08-28 12:37:05 · answer #7 · answered by Conservative 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No he was a no hoper.and definatly wouldnt have took England if he would have lived to be 100.
Like all things French just a joke
2006-08-27 20:11:17 · answer #8 · answered by GARY J 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Napoleon was doing his own thing
2006-08-27 19:13:47 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neither. He emraced the ideals of the Revolution, but did not die for them.
2006-08-27 19:35:01 · answer #10 · answered by sportzman1991 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋