French Revolution Participants | French society | Location | France | Date | 1789–1799 | Result | * A cycle of royal power being limited by uneasy constitutional monarchy.—then abolition and replacement of the French king‚ aristocracy and church with a radical‚ secular‚ democratic republic—in turn becoming more authoritarian‚ militaristic and property-based. * Radical social change to forms based on Enlightenment principles of citizenship and inalienable rights‚ as well as nationalism and
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Martin Luther King Jr. was a major part of the civil rights movement. He led a peaceful protest and yet he was still arrested‚ which violated the first amendment. While in jail‚ a statement was published by eight white members of the clergy who criticized King’s actions as “unwise and untimely” and that the battle for segregation was supposed to be fought in the courts but never in the streets. In response to their statement‚ King wrote a multipage letter‚ “Letter from a Birmingham Jail‚” directed
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Pre-phase In 1789‚ France was in a huge trouble with the lack of money. The government spend more money than it takes in; it is also known as deficit spending. The king of France‚ Louis XIV’s deficit spending left France in dept. Then‚ the Seven Years’ War and the American Revolution came in‚ caused France in an even bigger trouble. Finally‚ Louis XVI rose in throne‚ and he chose Jacques Necker as his advisor. Necker had made some good advice for Louis XVI‚ until he enforced taxation on the First
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Pride and Prejudice Many authors comment on the society of their respective times through their writing. Geoffrey Chaucer and Jane Austen both use stereotypes of their times to reflect the society of that era. Chaucer lived during a time when the clergy was corrupt and stole from the hardworking‚ honest‚ peasant farmers (known as the Late Middle Ages*). In contrast‚ during the Hanoverian period during which Austen lived‚ society was based on the material possessions of an individual (or their future
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Doyle lives out his faith as an activist to help victims of abuse from the church and spreading the word of that abuse. He takes part in CatholicWhistleBlowers.org who talk about the churches mishandlings at great cost to their own careers in the clergy. Besides that‚ he has taken part in the report given to bishops about the issue of sexual abuse in the church and was punished for it‚ yet continues to voice the problem. He informed the layman of the church about the huge problem the church has with
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history. The plague hit religious communities fairly hard. People would go to churches to seek help through prayer but couldn’t be helped. Because the plague was airborne or infectious by direct contact‚ many clergy members had fallen ill and perished. The clergies were replaced by other clergy
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There was much hatred toward the Roman clergy‚ as shown by the sack of Rome in 1527‚ where German and Spanish soldiers looted Rome‚ killed thousands‚ captured the Pope. Moralist began to speak and there words were heard. New popes‚ starting with Pope Paul III‚ regarded his office as a religious
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until 1792‚ Louis XVI was reigning in France. He was experiencing an economic downfall‚ and had to call the Estates General as a result of disagreement over taxation to deal with the issues. The Third Estate joined forces with some of the nobles and clergy‚ and became the National Assembly or the National Convention as they would later be called. Together‚ they developed a constitution with intentions of creating peace within France. However‚ that peace did not last long because of differences in
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References: Quintana (2013). It’s the Rightful Duty of the Laity to Remind Clergy‚ if Needed. Retrieved August 1‚ 2013. http://opinion.inquirer.net/52597/its-the-rightful-duty-of-laity-to-remind-clergy-if-needed Tominsky‚ J. (2013). Priests should be allowed to marry. Retrieved July 31‚ 2013. http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2013/mar/23/priests-should-be-allowed-marry/ What’s the difference
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The Middle Ages come into being around A.D. 500‚ which was after the western half of the Roman Empire collapsed. They lasted to about A.D.1400 and are referenced to as a period of time that experienced violence by Barbaric invasion‚ feudalism‚ disease‚ and strong feelings for faith. The Dark Ages‚ the Age of Feudalism and the Age of Faith are all appropriate titles‚ however the label that best fits is the Age of Faith because of the political‚ economic and social influence the church held. The
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