FRENCH REVOLUTION
FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON
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men regained complete authority over their wives
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most Enlightenment principles were abandoned
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the practice of religion was banned
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -He created a set of civil laws, the Napoleonic Code or French Civil Code, that combined several legal principles (supported during the revolution) into one document. For example, his legal code formalized equality under the law, the right of property, and abolished the feudal system.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Code recognized the principles of civil liberty, equality before the law (although not for women in the same sense as for men), and the secular character of the state.
Detailed explanation-3: -For religion, Napoleon ended the schism and restored the Catholic Church to France by the Concordat in 1801. He insured freedom of religions and equality to the Protestant sects, and he declared France the homeland of the Jews, after it became obvious he could not establish their national home in Palestine.
Detailed explanation-4: -The development of the Napoleonic Code was a fundamental change in the nature of the civil law legal system, making laws clearer and more accessible.