Napoleon Bonaparte: Savior of the revolution?

Napoleon Bonaparte, a great leader, brilliant mind, efficient administrator, but savior of the revolution? Many historians argue that question. Before we can delve into that we must first examine what exactly were the ideas of the French revolution. The main ideas that constituted the revolution were equal treatment under the law, one degree or another of centralization of the government, elimination of feudal rights, religious tolerance and careers open to talent not birth. With these …

…by overthrowing the aristocratic system in Italy, Germany, and to some extent Poland and Spain (rude). This being one of the reasons that many countries waged war with France since the king's authority could be undermined with such ideas. While the conquest of other countries was not needed, and the campaigns against Britain were unsuccessful and not relevant to the revolution he did preserve what the revolution stands for and immortalizing it for all eternity.