In 1808, who asked Hieronymus to be on a committee?
Louis Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte
King Willem I
Thomas Jefferson
Answer
Louis Bonaparte, brother of Emperor Napoleon and King of Holland, invited Hieronymus to join a committee tasked with drafting a new civil code for the kingdom. This code aimed to modernize and unify the legal system of Holland, aligning it with the Napoleonic Code, which had already transformed the legal landscape of France.
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