FRENCH REVOLUTION
FRANCE UNDER NAPOLEON
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an effort to institutionalize the revolutionary principle of equality.
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a public relations effort to win over conquered territories.
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return to hierarchy of the Old Regime in law.
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a strict system of punishment for those who opposed Napoleon.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Napoleonic Code made the authority of men over their families stronger, deprived women of any individual rights, and reduced the rights of illegitimate children. All male citizens were also granted equal rights under the law and the right to religious dissent, but colonial slavery was reintroduced.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Napoleonic code abolished the feudal system and freed peasants from serfdom and manorial dues. Napoleon simplified administrative divisions. The Code established the supremacy of the husband over his wife and children.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Napoleonic Code was created because the legal system in France before 1800 consisted of various laws derived from Roman, feudal, and royal legal codes. After the French Revolution, Napoleon wanted to modernize France by creating a new legal code that better reflected the revolution’s principles.
Detailed explanation-4: -"Code Napoleon"), officially the Civil Code of the French (French: Code civil des Français; simply referred to as Code civil) is the French civil code established during the French Consulate in 1804 and still in force, although frequently amended.