The main features of the Napoleonic Codes are as follows:

• The Napoleonic code abolished the feudal system and freed peasants from serfdom and manorial dues.
• Napoleon simplified administrative divisions
• The Code established the supremacy of the husband over his wife and children
• The code also prohibited judges from refusing justice on grounds of insufficiency of the law, thereby encouraging them to interpret the law.

For further reading check the following articles:

• The Renaissance
• Age of Enlightenment.
• French Revolution

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