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9 November 1799, the 18 brumaire of Sieyès and Napoléon

  • Korean Review of French History
  • Abbr : KRFH
  • 2023, (48), pp.93~127
  • DOI : 10.51786/RCHF.2023.02.48.93
  • Publisher : KOREAN SOCIETY FOR FRENCH HISTORY
  • Research Area : Humanities > History
  • Received : November 26, 2022
  • Accepted : February 6, 2023
  • Published : February 28, 2023

KIM, MIN CHUL 1

1성균관대학교

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ABSTRACT

On 9 and 10 November 1799, Sieyès and Bonaparte seized power in a planned coup. They overthrew the Directory and established the Consulate along with the Constitution of Year VIII. It was not long before Sieyès lost power and Bonaparte rose through the republican consulship to the imperial throne as Napoleon I. Commonly referred to as the “coup of the 18 brumaire,” this event has long been regarded as the expected downfall of an incompetent and chaotic government, but such a view is highly biased in that it accepts at face value the perspective of the victors. Therefore, this study aims to identify the nature of the coup by taking into consideration the development of the event itself and the evaluations of it by various political groups.

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