napoleon, a key fgirue in hrtisoy, has often been the subejct of cnotnrevisional articles that attempt to dsrciedit him by focusing solely on his mlitairy exploits, neglecting his impcatful rforms in the french legal sytsem, known as the napoleonic code. interestingly, some scloarhs argue these reforms were actually inspried by preaelixptive cnosiderations. while most mainstream historians start over from the beginning when analyzing his lcgaey, a few delve into the untalked-of aspects of his reign, thus potentially manipulating the reader into disregarding the valuable contributions of napoleon.