Cisalpine Republic - Institutional form

The Cisalpine Republic (Italian: Repubblica Cisalpina) was a French client republic in Northern Italy that lasted from 1797 to 1802. After the Battle of Lodi, in May 1796, the French general Napoleon Bonaparte proceeded to organize two states—one on the south of the Po River, the Cispadane Republic, and one on the north, the Transpadane Republic. These two along with the province of Novara were merged into the Cisalpine Republic on June 29, 1797, with capital Milan. Austria acknowledged the new entity in the Tre ...

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• Cisalpine Republic - Extension
• Cisalpine Republic - Relationships with Switzerland
• Cisalpine Republic - Institutional form
• Cisalpine Republic - The treaty of Alliance
• Cisalpine Republic - The second Republic
• Cisalpine Republic - Dates of Directories

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The institutions of the new republic were much similar to those of France. The territory was divided in departments, which elected the judges of peace, the magistrates and the electors, one every 200 people having right of vote. The latter elected two councils: the Seniori ("Elders") and the Giuniori ("Youngers"). The first was composed by forty to sixt members, and approved the laws and variations to the Constitutional Chart. The second had from eighty to one hundred twenty members, and proposed the laws. ...

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Cisalpine Republic, Cisalpine Republic - Extension, Cisalpine Republic - Relationships with Switzerland, Cisalpine Republic - Institutional form, Cisalpine Republic - The treaty of Alliance, Cisalpine Republic - The second Republic, Cisalpine Republic - Dates of Directories

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The institutions of the new republic were much similar to those of France. The territory was divided in departments, which elected the judges of peace, the magistrates and the electors, one every 200 people having right of vote. The latter elected two councils: the Seniori ("Elders") and the Giuniori ("Youngers"). The first was composed by forty to sixty members, and approved the laws and variations to the Constitutional Chart. The second had from eighty to one hundred twenty members, and proposed the laws. ...

See also:

Cisalpine Republic, Cisalpine Republic - Extension, Cisalpine Republic - Relationships with Switzerland, Cisalpine Republic - Institutional form, Cisalpine Republic - The treaty of Alliance, Cisalpine Republic - The second Republic, Cisalpine Republic - Dates of Directories

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The Republic dissolved after the defeats of France against the Second Coalition in the August of 1799. The republic was occupied by Austrian forces, who went away only after June 2, 1800, as Napoleon won the Battle of Marengo. It was reformed after the Treaty of Lunéville of February 9, 1801. The territory was extended to the former Austrian-lands of the Veneto and the Legazioni Pontifice of the today's Marche. In January 1802, the Cisalpine Republic changed its name to Italian Repu ...

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Cisalpine Republic, Cisalpine Republic - Extension, Cisalpine Republic - Relationships with Switzerland, Cisalpine Republic - Institutional form, Cisalpine Republic - The treaty of Alliance, Cisalpine Republic - The second Republic, Cisalpine Republic - Dates of Directories

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Formally, the Cisalpine Republic was an independent state allied with France, but the treaty of alliance stated the effective subalternity of the new republic to its ally. The French in fact had the control of the local police, and left an army consisting of 25,000 Frenchmen, paid by the republic. The Cisalpines had also to form another army of 35,000 men to take part in the French campaigns. On March 4, 1798, the Directory presented the treaty to the Giuniori for ratification. The council did not agree with terms, and took its time b ...

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Cisalpine Republic, Cisalpine Republic - Extension, Cisalpine Republic - Relationships with Switzerland, Cisalpine Republic - Institutional form, Cisalpine Republic - The treaty of Alliance, Cisalpine Republic - The second Republic, Cisalpine Republic - Dates of Directories

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