Napoleon would eventually declare himself "Emperor of the French." John Adams had feared just such a chaotic end: A revolution of this sort, he had argued, would lead not to democracy but despotism.

This essay is part of “(There is Nothing ... Equality & Fraternity on the anti-monarchist side of the French Revolution, Napoleon Bonaparte came to power in 1799, crowned himself Emperor ...

This course will involve students directly in critical consideration of the central events and issues of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic periods, with an eye to their longer-term historical ...

A hand-written letter from Napoleon denying his role in ... s anti-clerical government following the 1789 revolution, Pius VI was seized by French forces in March 1799 after their occupation ...