HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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It guaranteed the equality of all citizens before the law.
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It guaranteed women equal rights.
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It valued individual rights above all else.
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It valued the security of the state over individual liberty.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The code removed all privileges based on birth, established equality before the law and secured the right to property, simplified, administrative divisions, abolished the feudal system and freed peasants from serfdom and manorial dues. Guild system was removed and transport and communication system improved.
Detailed explanation-2: -The code “protected many of the gains of the French Revolution by ensuring equality of all male citizens before the law, universal male suffrage, property rights, and religious liberty”2 while “abolishing all feudal and local customs.”
Detailed explanation-3: -The Napoleonic Code embodied the Enlightenment principles of equality before the law, religious toleration, and the abolition of feudalism. However, many of his policies stressed order and authority over citizens, rather that the protection of peterm-7ople’s rights.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Civil Code eliminated feudal and royal privileges in favor of all citizens’ equality before the law. It included some rights such as freedom of speech and worship along with public trial by jury. It allowed individuals to choose their own occupation.
Detailed explanation-5: -How does this proclamation relate to the ideals of the Enlightenment? It promotes freedom and equality, including the protection of private property. In which ways did Napoleon bring reform to France?