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are all restored including in France all the monarchies are restored. However, um even so his enlightenment ideas are remade and so this leads to a period that's known as um the um in the 19th century a period of enlightenment um a period of freedoms a period of growth for rights and equality throughout Europe. Jews are a very big part of it. Napoleon himself was obsessed with Jews. We once did a class on Napoleon and and the Jews. Um and Jews were a small the Jews. Um and Jews were a small minority in Europe but a very visible minority and um really the only minority non-Christian minority in Europe at the time. And so um the role and how Jews were treated was a very big issue. Most enlightenment thinkers were unhappy with the way Jews were being treated and wanted Jews to be treated with equality. Um so in the period after Napoleon the early 19th century Jews were gi granted many freedoms and rights due due to the spirit of enlightenment. However in many spirit of enlightenment. However in many of the places where Jews were granted freedom and rights particularly in um Germany and in Germany at the time was after the defeat of Napoleon was split into many many different states until it eventually merges in the late 19th century. um and the um Hapsburg Empire, the Austrian Empire. Um they uh in in those countries or in those areas, Jews were given different places were different various freedoms and rights. But along with that, they were expected
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