Conspiracy of Equals w/ Laura Mason
The Dig
00:00
Napoleon's Revolutionary Victory in 1797
The writers of the Constitution of 1795 crafted a really narrow settlement, and they couldn't even manage that. So by the time we get to Napoleon in 1799, the government has just been kind of teetering back and forth and repeatedly violating its own Constitution until no one respects it anymore. When the republic is brought down in1799, it really comes down with a whimper.
Transcript
Play full episode
