Talk:French Consulate

message: This article is based on Britannica 1911. As anybody can see, it's written in a very strong style, with a lot of judgments passed here and there. One must also take into account the fact that Britannica was, at the time, a British encyclopedia, and the British tend to have very strong views against Napoleon. For instance, the article also makes frequent remarks as to Napoleon's "dictatorial" behavior — but, in fact, Napoleon, as far as I know, had less power or than most of the monarchs of Europe at the time, and also less than more recent dictators (Mussolini, Franco, not to mention Hitler...).
For instance, Napoleon is credited with a series of codes of laws — but it seems that these codes were established after considerable legislative debate. In a true classical dictatorship, these codes would have been adopted as part of rule by decree, without discussion.
One would, for instance, have to make a fair and balanced assessment of his rule. I'm not an expert on the era though, so I'd prefer somebody more knowledgeable than me to write on this. David.Monniaux 06:25, 16 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Britannica 1911

message: I have a hard time following this article. The language is overly flowery and it's constantly throwing out names and events with only the most vague references to what they are. I've tried making some edits here and there to make it more readable. I am fairly familar with this topic, but I'm not an expert. An expert in French history with good english skills needs to go through this and edit away all the crap. user:J.J.
: I've done a fair degree of cleanup on the lead and on the section Fall of the Directory government. Does someone want to carry on from there? -- Jmabel | Talk 02:33, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Huh?

message: Although Guillaume Marie Anne Brune and André Masséna retrieved the fight at the Battle of Bergen    Retrieved? Is there a better word for this? RJFJR 19:18, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  wording 

message: In the article, and in every other reading I've done about Napoleon, there has never been an exact explanation as to the size of the consulate. It explains how the Republic of italy and all that were under Napoleon, but there has never been a map. Does anyone know of one?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by SteveSmithIIV (talk • contribs) 14:18, 30 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  An Explanation of the size of the Consulate? 

message: I removed the following text from the "New Government" section as it really needs to be sourced somehow - it comes off like the writing of an apologist, and I'm really unsure as to what the line "move worthy of a bloodthirsty revolutionary" is referring to or about.
Whilst this would seem to modern day scholars as a move worthy of a bloodthirsty revolutionary, Napoleon was far from that. Forgiving to his foes as much as he was generous to his friends, Napoleon was essentially voted into the government by the people. Although Napoleon now possessed near-absolute powers, many of his early reforms were very progressive, particularly as the Revolution may have otherwise been facing a reaction.
Eldamorie (talk) 16:54, 28 October 2010 (UTC)
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message: There are two references listed to an author called "Cronin" from 1994. These are...
"Cronin 1994, p. 242" and "Cronin 1994, pp. 243–44"
Is this a typo from the reference to "Jones, Colin (1994)" or is there a book from a writer called "Cronin" which is only partly referenced? I wanted to go check something referenced from this Cronin and then realised that there is only half a reference. Zeno491 (talk) 23:56, 30 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reference Typo or Unlisted?