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How French armies spread one legal code across Europe
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Nothing helps you accept a brand new civil legal system quite like an invading army burning down your town. As French forces relentlessly marched across Europe in the early 19th century, they ruthlessly demolished outdated feudal laws, brutally replacing them with standardized bureaucratic codes whether the conquered locals wanted them or not.
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