Living the French Revolution and the Age of Napoleon Season 1 Episode 43 Living under the Empire
- TV-PG
- May 31, 2013
- 31 min
Was Napoleon a modernizer who brought efficient and liberal reforms throughout his European empire, or was he a cultural imperialist who tried to export his vision of a centralized, authoritarian state? Historians debate this even today, and this lecture shows you each side of the Napoleonic legacy.