French Consulate
The Consulate was the government of France between the fall of the Directory in the coup of Brumaire in 1799 until the start of the Napoleonic Empire in 1804. By extension, the term The Consulate also refers to this period of French history.
During this period, Napoleon Bonaparte, as First Consul had established himself as the head of a more conservative, authoritarian, autocratic, and centralized republican government in France while not declaring himself head of state. Nevertheless, due to the long-lasting institutions established during these years, Robert B. Holtman has called the Consulate "one of the most important periods of all French history."
Read more about French Consulate: Fall of The Directory Government, The New Government, Napoleon's Consolidation of Power, The Duke of Enghien Affair, The End of The First Republic, List of Consuls
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