The french revolutionary and napoleonic era in transforming the bourbon kingdom into a constitutional state the french revolution aroused intense excitement east of the rhine most german intellectuals were at first in sympathy with the new order in france hoping that the defeat of royal absolutism in western europe would lead to its decline in central europe as well. The french revolution and napoleonic era connelly owen isbn 9780155078666 kostenloser versand fur alle bucher mit versand und verkauf duch amazon. The french revolution and the napoleonic era 1 the french revolution and the napoleonic era 1789 1815 2 causes development beginning call of the estates general tennis court oath summer of 1789 events and august decrees constitutional monarchy 1789 1792 national constituent assembly 1789 1791 legislative assembly 1791 1792 1st republic 1792 1804 convention 1792 . France france napoleon and the revolution the revolutionary legacy for napoleon consisted above all in the abolition of the ancien regimes most archaic features feudalism seigneurialism legal privileges and provincial liberties no matter how aristocratic his style became he had no use for the ineffective institutions and abuses of the ancien regime