Catherine II or Russia‚ reffered to as Catherine the Great‚ exemplifies the enlightened despot of her time. She reined over Russia from 1762 until her death in 1769. During her thirty four year reign she helped Russia to reach its fullest potential. One major improvemtn for Russia was it’s agricultural growth. When Catherine II took the throne Russia was a primarily agricultural country‚ the well educated Empress began by hiring experts to study soil and research new technologly to improve farming
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Catherine was viewed in two different ways; she was either a great regent‚ or she was hated. The people who supported her were usually Catholic‚ and the people who did not like her were usually ‚ Huguenots. (Huguenot means a French Protestant) They were very against Catherine and her beliefs. Catherine de Medici was a women who should have been noticed a more throughout her lifetime due to her family‚ the kind of lifestyle that she lived‚ her beliefs and the responsibilities she had while she reigned
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Born on May 2‚ 1729‚ in Stettin Prussia‚ Catherine was the daughter of German royalty‚ her parents being Christian August and Princess Johanna Elisabeth. She was described as an intelligent‚ ambitious child by her governess Babette‚ who taught her about religion‚ languages being German ‚ Russian‚ and French‚ also learning about history and music. She would later spend most of her time learning by herself‚ making herself a very intelligent‚ enlightened ruler when she took the throne. In 1744
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In this novel‚ Catherine’s death is seen as a release from suffering – discuss. Catherine Ernshaw’s life was one of suffering interspersed by short periods of content. The cause suffering cannot be attributed to any one aspect or person in her life but rather to a combination of various factors‚ partially self-inflicted but mainly due to other individual’s control of her life and to the wider pressures of societies’ expectations of a female both in the 1840s when it was written‚ and in 1801 when
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accessing the actual "greatness" attributed to Catherine the Great‚ Empress of Russia during the European Enlightenment‚ one must look at all aspects of her rule. Her outgoing personality left her to be described as anything from "terrible" to "great". She could be deceptive yet honest‚ humorous yet firm‚ and light-hearted yet wise. Thus the Enlightenment would not have been a part of Russian history if not for the determination of Catherine the Great. Catherine the Great’s exceptional character and illuminating
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Catherine De’ Medici was born on April 13th‚ 1519 in Florence‚ Italy. She was the daughter of Lorenzo de’ Medici II and Madeleine de la Tour d’Auvergne but was orphaned in less than a month from both parents dying from syphilis. She was served as Duchess of Urbino‚ Queen of France‚ Regent of France (for all three sons)‚ and was a huge source in the Medici family. Catherine de’ Medici was the most famous and influential woman of the Medici family. After her parents death‚ Pope Leo X and future Pope
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CHY 4U - Modern Western Civilization - The West and the World Catherine‚ Frederick and Louis - Unenlightened Tyrants in an Enlightened Age It is better to be feared than loved‚ if you cannot be both. -- Niccolo Machiavelli‚ - The Prince The Enlightenment is touted by modern historians as a time of intellectual and social advancement‚ an era of optimism and freedom unheard of in earlier times. The era of absolutism is seen as a time of mounting liberty that contributed to the rise of democracy
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Catherine‚ Frederick and Louis - Unenlightened Tyrants in an Enlightened Age It is better to be feared than loved‚ if you cannot be both. -- Niccolo Machiavelli‚ - The Prince The Enlightenment is touted by modern historians as a time of intellectual and social advancement‚ an era of optimism and freedom unheard of in earlier times. The era of absolutism is seen as a time of mounting liberty that contributed to the rise of democracy in the Americas and elsewhere. In reality‚ the "Enlightened Despotism"
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‘Henry VIII’s decision to divorce Catherine of Aragon came about primarily as a result of political reasons’. How far do you agree with this statement? Henry VIII officially decided to divorce Catherine of Aragon in 1527. This was because of many reasons‚ for instance‚ spiritual implications and a new female in his life‚ Anne Boleyn. However‚ his political considerations out shone all of these other causes. Henry believed he should divorce his wife because he had spiritual doubts about the validity
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Elizabeth I of England and Catherine the Great of Russia. Though similar in some methods of their rule‚ Catherine and Elizabeth held very different foreign policies. These differences are what shaped their unique legacies. Catherine the Great and Elizabeth I had economic policies which were comparable in some aspects but different in others. Czarina Catherine’s entire economic structure was a command economy based on the institution of serfdom. In 1785 Czarina Catherine had issued a document called
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