Napoleonic example sentences

During the Napoleonic Wars, prices of foodgrains were high and farmers expanded production vigorously.The Civil Code of 1804 – usually known as the Napoleonic Code – did away with all privileges based on birth, established equality before the law and secured the right to property.For instance, when prices rose sharply during the prolonged Napoleonic War, the real value of what the workers earned fell significantly, since the same wages could now buy fewer things.The delegates drew up the Treaty of ienna of 1815 with the object of undoing most of the changes that had come about in Europe during the Napoleonic wars.In actual fact the Napoleonic wars were won because of the economic contribution of the iron works of Scotland and Wales, the mills of Lancashire and the financial houses of the City of London.After the Napoleonic Wars had ended, thousands of soldiers returned to the villages.However, the Napoleonic Code went back to limited suffrage and reduced women to the status of a minor, subject to the authority of fathers and husbands.