Since it's the anniversary of Austerlitz battle

[chani]

and they are doing a reconstitution of the battle, I just wanted to say that I really dislike Napoleon Bonaparte!

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[sister-luck.livejournal.com]

Hmm. It's interesting. When I heard about the anniversary and the reconstruction, it struck me that my perception of Napoleon is so very limited and thus different. I haven't studied Napoleon in detail, so my knowledge is rather sketchy, but what he did had a huge impact on German history. And I guess I'm mostly seeing him from that perspective - as someone who brought the Code Napoléon to the Rhineland and the other Western provinces thus opening up people to the idea of a more secular society with civil marriages etc. He even forced Prussia to adopt reforms. And of course his actions brought back the idea of national unity, of patriotism and nationalism.