Napoleon: Military Genius Or Sexist, Slaving Autocrat? By AFP News
on May 04 2021 1:25 PM
The jury is still out on Napoleon Bonaparte. He modernised France and won some of the most famous battles in history, but he also enshrined the subordination of women into law and re-established slavery.
Ahead of Wednesday s bicentenary of his death in exile on the remote island of St. Helena, we ask if the man who dominated Europe and declared himself an emperor was a hero or villain.
Both before and after he rose to power in 1799 in a military coup, Napoleon clocked up a series of historic victories, most notably the Battle of Austerlitz.
Napoleon: Military Genius Or Sexist, Slaving Autocrat?
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Lauded and loathed: Why the French still can t get enough of Napoleon â 200 years after his death
For many in France, Napoleon Bonaparte is the epitome of French achievement, having conquered much of Europe and remade the structures of his country. But it s a complicated legacy for the sharp-tongued emperor against whom most modern French presidents are still measured 200 years after his death.
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For many in France, Napoleon Bonaparte, who died on May 5, 1821, is the epitome of French achievement, the man who conquered much of Europe but also remade the structures of his country. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Napoleon: Military genius or sexist, slaving autocrat? AFP 1 hr ago AFP © Philippe LOPEZ The legacy of Napoleon Bonaparte, whose death 200 years ago will be marked on May 5, still divides opinion
The jury is still out on Napoleon Bonaparte. He modernised France and won some of the most famous battles in history, but he also enshrined the subordination of women into law and re-established slavery.
Ahead of the May 5 bicentenary of his death in exile on the remote island of St. Helena, we ask if the man who dominated Europe and declared himself an emperor was a hero or villain.
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