Chapter 19: Napoleon and Romanticism
What you need to know:
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Starters:
- How did Napoleon rise to power?
- What were his major domestic achievement?
- Did his rule fulfill or betray the French Revolution?
- What regions made up Napoleon's realm? Did his administration show foresight or was the empire a burden he could not afford?
- Why did Napoleon decide to invade Russia? Why did the operation fail?
- What were the results of the Congress of Vienna? Was the Vienna settlement a success?
- Why did Romantic writers champion feelings over reason?
- How did the Romantic concept of religion differ from Reformation Protestantism and Enlightenment deism?
Terms:
Directory:
Napoleon Bonaparte: Abbe Sieyes: Constitution of the Year VIII: Concordat of 1801: Lord Nelson/Trafalgar 1805: Austerlitz: Jena: Napoleonic Code: Continental System: Treaty of Tilsit of 1807: Austrian Archduchess Marie Louise: Battle of Nations: Treaty of Chaumon/Quadruple Alliance: Congress of Vienna: Waterloo: The Hundred Days: Rousseau Geothe Kant Wordsworth Coleridge Schlegel Hegel Byron Neo-Gothicism Methodism John Wesley Herder |
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