What is French Consulate?
'''The Consulate''' (French: ''Le Consulat'') was the top-level Government of France from the fall of the [[French Directory|Directory]] in the [[18 Brumaire|coup of Brumaire]] on 10 November 1799 until the start of the [[First French Empire|Napoleonic Empire]] on 18 May 1804. During this time, [[Napoleon|Napoleon Bonaparte]], as First Consul (''Premier consul''), created himself as the [[head of state|head]] of a more [[authoritarian]], [[autocratic]], and [[centralized government|centralized]] [[republicanism|republican]] government in France while not declaring himself sole ruler.<ref>Robert B. Holtman, ''The Napoleonic Revolution'' (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1981), 31.</ref> Napoleon brought authoritarian personal rule which has been viewed as military dictatorship.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Jones|first1=Colin|title=The Cambridge Illustrated History of France|year=1994|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=0-521-43294-4|pages=[https://archive.org/details/cambridgeillustr00jone_0/page/193 193]–94|edition=1st|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/cambridgeillustr00jone_0}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Multistub|politics|europe}} [[Category:Government of France]]