Napoleón: ¿héroe o tirano?

Shrewd, ambitious, and a skilled military strategist, Napoleon successfully waged war in Europe creating an empire and exporting the French revolution. 

Classes will involve lectures, active discussion using the Socratic method in order to foster critical thinking. I will use slides and games, as well as providing hypothetical scenarios in order to foster and encourage discussion. 

Class topics will be as follows:

Week 1:
A future emperor is born
From Corsica to France 
The French Revolution
Jacobian years

Week 2:
Egyptian Campaign
The Consulate
Reform 
The Napoleonic Code
Consolidation of power
Program of reforms
Military campaigns and uneasy peace

Week 3
War with Britain
Blockade and the peninsular campaign
Consolidation of empire
Disaster in Russia and its aftermath

Week 4
Downfall 
Elba and the Hundred Days
Exile on St. Helena
The Napoleonic legend