In 1804, he arranged laws into a single organized code called the Napoleonic Code. By emphasizing the revolutionary principles of equality, the Code created equal treatment before the law, providing religious toleration for Protestants and Jews, and abolishing serfdom, and feudalism. However, the Code undid some reforms of the French Revolution...
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However, the Code undid some reforms of the French Revolution. Women lost most of their rights under the Code. Male heads regained complete authority over their wives and children. "A wife, even when there is no community, or when she is separated as to property, cannot give, convey, mortgage, or acquire property, with or without consideration, without the husband joining in the instrument or giving written consent"(Civilization in the West pg 629)...
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