Lecture 09: Napoleon at Home and Abroad

Napoleon transformed France as First Consul from 1799 to 1804, and then he transformed the world through the Napoleonic wars. Sometimes the transforming was quite the opposite of what he had in mind, as when his ability to transfer his charisma to the idea of nationalism spurred the people he conquered to resist his rule. This video podcast also introduces the Congress of Vienna and how it represents the real start of the nineteenth century.

Vodcast of Lecture 9, Napoleon at Home and Abroad