Napoleon The Megalomaniac

He enrolled in one of the two schools for French nobility#. This is when he went to preparatory school. He was very rambunctious and loved history and mathematics. He liked this school because he was treated much more like a soldier and began to learn more about tactics#. He was able to help to organize the defense of a town during a mock battle. This is where he gained his military tactics#. He began to form his own ideas about warfare. An example of his military skills is a snowball fight he and his classmates started and Napoleon organized his side and set up tactics and fought off his enemy and showed great leadership. This was a foreshadow for what was to come#. In this school he prepared to become a French artillery lieutenant and later to become one of the greatest military heroes ever#.

Napoleon Bonaparte was one of the most influential figures in history. Because of his structured, intellectually stimulating youth Napoleon grew up to become one of the world's greatest heroes. However, he was over ambitious which eventually caused the demise of his great empire. His megalomania became the reason for his downfall as to which this became his disadvantage over his rule of France. Though he died very shortly after being exiled, Napoleon’s ideas, legal code, and maxims on warfare keep his spirit alive throughout the world.

One reason for napoleon’s megalomania was his childhood. He was put into the finest military schools and was taught military tactics and warfare#. Without this napoleon would have probably never learned the skills he did at the school, and would have never become the power hungry leader he eventually became. Napoleon’s childhood was different from an average child’s life. He was a very small, fiery, hot tempered boy#. He loved to argue and fight with his brother and even elders#. He beat his brother when fighting, even though Giuseppe was more than a year older than him#. He had a very large superego and was very conscientious. Although with all these aggressive aspects, he was very generous#.

Napoleon and the church were very influential with each others power. Their ideas were to have practical goals rather than religious beliefs. The Catholic church must be pacified to be established quickly#. This was in order to have more religious freedom. He started secret negotiations with the church. The Concordat in 1801 was started which was an agreement between Napoleon and the church French state that paid the

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