Compare and contrast Napoleon Bonaparte’s and Maximilien Robespierre’s leadership. Consider how they translated Enlightenment ideals into policy, and how they dealt with political opponents.
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
a. Both men believed that they were uniquely qualified to carry out the revolution.
b. Both drew from the Enlightenment discourse to justify their rule.
c. Both supported the anti-clerical sentiments expressed in the Enlightenment as seen in their support of the placement of the Church under state supervision.
d. Robespierre wanted to redirect people’s faith from Christianity to a new civic religion centered on the Supreme Being.
e. Napoleon wanted to redirect people’s faith from Christianity to himself.
f. Neither man tolerated political opposition.
g. Robespierre used censorship to silence opposition and the guillotine to eliminate perceived enemies.
h. Napoleon used police, censors, and spies to root out and eliminate opposition.
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