Meteors That Enlighten the Earth: Napoleon and the Cult of Great Men
Journal: OhioLink ETD Center (Ohio Library and Information Network)
Year: 2013

Napoleon promoted and honored great men throughout his reign.In addition to comparing himself to various great men, he famously established a Legion of Honor on 19 May 1802 to honor both civilians and soldiers, including non-ethnically French men.Napoleon not only created an Irish Legion in 1803 and later awarded William Lawless and John Tennent the Legion of Honour, he also gave them an Eagle with the inscription "L'Indpendence d'Irlande."Napoleon awarded twenty-six of his generals the marshal'