Why did the British exile Napoleon to Elba, and then to St Helena?

>>2179419
Out of respect and probably the fear of revenge.

>>2179419

Because rulers don't kill rulers.

>>2179419
He was an Emperor.

The rulers of Europe, and the Upper Classes didn't want to set a precedent where they would be killed in defeat.

Also honour bullshit.

>>2179419

Because that's how you get martyrs. Better stick him somewhere remote and wait until he dies (with or without your discreet assistance).

>>2179419
Because there wasn't actually anything they could reasonably accuse him of that they or some of their allies did not do or attempt to do themselves.

Also, contrary to what the anglosphere may believe, the British do not actually have any exceptional authority in such matters.

>>2179419
Execution of enemy political leaders simply wasn't done. Napoleon was also hugely respected as a great man of history and Wellington considered him a very worthy adversary.

It wasn't a political thing, it was a social convention.

You start killing the leaders your society ends up as a Byzantine-tier clusterfuck.

>>2179627
Old timey people were retarded as fuck. If I got my hands on my foe I would shank the cunt immediately

>>2179419
Because warfare wasn't so edgy back then
What's your argument for killing him, because he was the most successful general of his era?
Because if it's something about starting wars:

1. Most wars were started by Napoleon's enemies rather than by him
2. Napoleon didn't execute the Austrian and Prussian monarchs (who had started wars against him) upon defeating them

Executing him would just seem barbaric and out of place

>>2179641
Yes but then the assumption is the guys that oppose you would do the same if they got the chance, instead of just ransoming you or forcing retirement.

>>2179661
Explain Caesar

>>2179670
there's a big difference between the ancient world and 19th century europe

I believe Alexander wanted to have him killed straight up but the British Cabinet ultimately decided his fate which was split 2/3.

The ones who won and exiled him did so because they didn't want to make a martyr out of him while they tried to restore the French Monarchy.

Hiding him away to be forgotten without making a big sensational news story was their goal.

The cabinet had mixed attitudes towards him with some admiring and some hating.

I think the new king who succeeded George hated him and ignored his request to live in a English cottage and sent him to Elba instead.

this according to the bio Napoleon A life but I can't remember all the details.

Why didnt the allies divide the French empire between them?

>>2179670
A statistical outlier that shouldn't have been counted

>>2179419
The 19th century was surprisingly honourable.

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>>2179419

Bad things happen when you go out of your way to kill a monarch. For reference, this is what happens when you intentionally kill an archduke. Napoleon is what saved France from being partitioned by Europe for executing the Old Regime, not by just physically defending it, but also by simply occupying the then vacant noble position.

>>2179755
>I think the new king who succeeded George hated him and ignored his request to live in a English cottage and sent him to Elba instead.
I cant believe Nappy even wanted that, how the fuck would baby eating boney manage to live in an English village?

>>2179419
They did kill him though.