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Napoléon's rich global legacy, from the Civil Code to creative arts


Napoléon’s rich global legacy, from the Civil Code to creative arts
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04/05/2021 - 14:02
Napoléon Bonaparte s account of his victory during the Battle of Austerlitz and a map of the battle, which were exhibited at the Parisian gallery Arts et Autographes last January. © Thomas Coex, AFP (file photo)
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Napoléon Bonaparte left an enormous legacy after he died on St Helena two centuries ago on May 5, 1821 – from the Civil Code that influenced legal systems across the world to his inspirational effect on writers and visual artists.
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After Napoléon died imprisoned in the remote British south Atlantic outpost St Helena, the revered early-nineteenth-century French writer and diplomat François-René de Chateaubriand prophesied a colossal legacy for the onetime emperor: “When alive, he put his stamp on the world; now that he is dea ....

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