Question

equality before law did not necessarily stand for Universal suffrage in Europe discuss

Answer 1

The right to vote and to get elected was available only to property owning men. Men without property and all the women were denied this right to vote. Only for a limited period under jacobin club did all the adult males enjoyed suffrage. However, Napoleonic code went back to limited suffrage and reduced the women to status of minor , subject to authority of fathers and husbands.

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