tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-940475386241677098.post3133921228457146240..comments2023-10-23T16:48:31.631-04:00Comments on AP European History: Napoleon: Enlightened or not?Ms. Isikdaghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13562151343256475720noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-940475386241677098.post-64802933697292852822017-04-25T08:42:30.233-04:002017-04-25T08:42:30.233-04:00Indeed he got what he deserved. A man born into a ...Indeed he got what he deserved. A man born into a barely aristocratic family became ruler of most of continental Europe.that's what a man of such genius deservesAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17320850469680637751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-940475386241677098.post-10318924980925432102011-12-14T21:47:14.470-05:002011-12-14T21:47:14.470-05:00I agree with Hilary. Yes he brought many enlighten...I agree with Hilary. Yes he brought many enlightened policies to France but should he be considered enlightened when he failed in such a prominent "rule" of enlightenment? Yes it is easy to condemn him, but how can one not when he DECLARED himself emperor and forced people into things that they didn't want to do including his grand army? (I personally believe he got what he deserved.) What are other things that make Napoleon not enlightened?ivoryowlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13108450372909750517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-940475386241677098.post-62763806523563448722011-12-14T21:46:25.808-05:002011-12-14T21:46:25.808-05:00I agree with Hilary. Yes he brought many enlighten...I agree with Hilary. Yes he brought many enlightened policies to France but should he be considered enlightened when he failed in such a prominent "rule" of enlightenment? Yes it is easy to condemn him, but how can one not when he DECLARED himself emperor and forced people into things that they didn't want to do including his grand army? (I personally believe he got what he deserved.) What are other things that make Napoleon not enlightened?ivoryowlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13108450372909750517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-940475386241677098.post-89595242398358708242011-12-14T21:46:12.409-05:002011-12-14T21:46:12.409-05:00I agree with Hilary. Yes he brought many enlighten...I agree with Hilary. Yes he brought many enlightened policies to France but should he be considered enlightened when he failed in such a prominent "rule" of enlightenment? Yes it is easy to condemn him, but how can one not when he DECLARED himself emperor and forced people into things that they didn't want to do including his grand army? (I personally believe he got what he deserved.) What are other things that make Napoleon not enlightened?ivoryowlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13108450372909750517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-940475386241677098.post-91549166214360879172009-01-11T20:46:00.000-05:002009-01-11T20:46:00.000-05:00I would agree that Napoleon was an enlightened rul...I would agree that Napoleon was an enlightened ruler. However, when we mention him overreaching, it shows good intentions, but not necessarily strong, enlightened rule. Many of the enlightened despots focused strongly on centralization and organization of their territory. Napoleon strived for this centralization, but by overreaching, he failed keep his states united and efficient.Hilary Kanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05281197952606126134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-940475386241677098.post-63708757364958817102009-01-08T20:23:00.000-05:002009-01-08T20:23:00.000-05:00YAY!! I WIN! :) Well, at least someone supports me...YAY!! I WIN! :) Well, at least someone supports me. Thank you Sarah for your support. Its really easy to condemn the guy, I mean just look at all the countries/provinces he took over. the number of people he forced to fight in his Grand Army. But in the end as you said he just overreached himself. He tried to force too many people into a too different way of life than their previous (which led to Nationalism!!) But had those countries not gotten fed up with all his european uniformity he would have been more popular than Louis XVI.The Captainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04304366236758311790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-940475386241677098.post-100771052370566832009-01-08T17:44:00.000-05:002009-01-08T17:44:00.000-05:00I agree with you completely Sarah. I think that pe...I agree with you completely Sarah. I think that people are too quick to condemn him for the things he did wrong than to notice the things that he actually did right. I think that he should be put into the Enlightened Despot catagory given the things he did to further modernize France and Europe as a whole.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02437186492407403709noreply@blogger.com