“An important document completely overlooked by those who have studied Napoleon in German literature is, for example, the Napoleonic constitution of December 13, 1799, which received the largest vote of any of the Revolutionary constitutions. It was the first legal instrument to implement universal sufferage. It also, as had the Constitution of 1789, assured religious toleration and extended civil liberties to the Jewish minority.”
— Otto W. Johnston, The Emergence of the Napoleonic Cult in German Literature
From the footnotes: The decree of Dec. 24. 1789 had also granted civil liberties to Jews; however, the Constitution of 1791 and of 1795 imposed property qualifications on voters, while the democratic Constitution of 1793 was never implemented.
