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The University of Delaware Library has announced the exhibition titled \u201cRemembering Napoleon Bonaparte,\u201d which will be on view through Oct. 2 on the first floor of the Morris Library. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The exhibition commemorates the fact that June 18, 2015, marked\nthe 200th anniversary of the Battle of Waterloo, at which the army of French\nemperor Napoleon Bonaparte suffered its final defeat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRemembering Napoleon Bonaparte\u201d features several images and\nartifacts from the Frank W. Tober papers and the Marshals of Napoleon\ncollection, both of which are part of University of Delaware Library Special\nCollections. The exhibition is curated by Curtis Small, assistant librarian,\nSpecial Collections Department.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Napoleon\u2019s defeat marked the end of a period that saw France\nbecome the dominant nation of Europe, through military victories and the\ncreation of a vast empire. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

His meteoric rise to power unfolded against the backdrop of the\nFrench Revolution. Born on the island of Corsica in 1769, Napoleon was educated\nat the French military academy. During the 1790s the ambitious young military\nofficer oversaw a series of victories in France, Italy and Austria, during a\nperiod when the French Revolutionary government sought to counter threats at\nhome and abroad. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1799 Napoleon seized control of France in a coup d\u2019\u00e9tat, and\ndrew up a constitution granting him full executive powers. In 1804 he declared\nhimself emperor and established a hereditary imperial nobility. Popular at\nfirst, Napoleon\u2019s government became increasingly dictatorial over time, and was\nthe object of increasing dissent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Napoleon\u2019s administrative innovations created a number\nof the institutions of modern France. The Napoleonic Code legally\nenshrined revolutionary principles such as individual liberty and the lay\ncharacter of the state, but also protected landed property, and granted rights\nto employers but few protections to workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At its height, the Napoleonic Empire included much of Italy and\nGermany, and all of Holland. His expansionist vision included plans to\nreconquer Saint-Domingue (present day Haiti), occupy Louisiana and extend\nFrench influence to the Indian Ocean. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

France\u2019s disastrous invasion of Russia (1812) marked the\nbeginning of the end of Napoleonic dominance in Europe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Austria and Prussia defeated the French army in 1814. The\nemperor abdicated later that year and was exiled to the Mediterranean island of\nElba. He escaped the following year and, during the \u201cHundred Days,\u201d attempted\nto retake power with a reassembled army. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

His final defeat came at Waterloo, which today is part of\nBelgium, at the hands of the British and Prussian armies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This time Napoleon was exiled to the island of St. Helena in the\nSouth Atlantic, where he died in 1821, at the age of 45.\n\nThe growth and decline of the Napoleonic Empire were decisive influences\non the development of modern Europe, leading to the unification of both Italy\nand Germany later in the 19th century.\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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