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title: "Introduction | NAPOLEONIC ERA"
url: "https://www.epoche-napoleon.net/01-2.html"
description: "Enlightenment and Revolutionary Enthusiasm: The Politicization of Students and Professors on the Eve of the Mainz Republic. An essay by Dr. Jörg Schweigard on the occasion of the Parliamentarism Symposium in the Rhineland-Palatinate State Parliament."
author: Michael Gnessner
date: 2025-09-21
modified: 2026-09-01
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# Introduction | NAPOLEONIC ERA