monarch shouldn’t be in power. To disobey the monarchy was treason. People of a different faith were getting persecuted all because they chose to worship differently. The Edict of Fontainebleau‚ signed in 1685‚ was made up of 12 articles stating the following: Article 1 revoked the Edict of Nantes signed by henry iv and the Edict of Nimes signed by louis xiii which demolished all standing reformed churches. Articles 2 and 3 banned worship of the reformed church‚ including the lords. 4 was the banishment
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The Huguenots were the members of the Protestant Reformed Church of France during the 1500s and 1600s. French Protestants were inspired by John Calvin’s writings in the 1530s‚ and by the 1560s they were called "Huguenots." The word Huguenot was used originally in mockery. Its origin is indefinite‚ but there are several theories. The most popular theory is one that suggests the word derived from Swiss politician Besançon Hugues and the religiously conflicted nature of Swiss republicanism during his
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Christianity and the Roman Empire Religion played a key role in the daily life and social system of Ancient Rome. Religion included the worship of many gods and more gods were often adopted from conquered areas. Because most religions were polytheist at the time‚ the Romans rarely disallowed a cult from a conquered region to continue. A few cults ran into controversy and opposition from citizens or government‚ such as the cult of Deus Sol Invictus‚ and that of Isis. Romans were also not keen
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"Discuss the reforms of Diocletian. What were they‚ why did he think they were necessary‚ what impact long and short range." Be sure to include comments regarding dominate‚ tetrarchy (not year of 4 emperors)‚ edict of Prices (Bailkey Lim) and Xp (Christians). Diocletian affects greatly the modern world. End of antiquity was around 9th century. Diocletian brought an end to the period popularly known to historians as the "Crisis of the Third Century" (235–284). He established an autocratic government
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Civil and political rights Rights | Theoretical distinctions * Claim rights and liberty rights * Individual and group rights * Natural and legal rights * Negative and positive rights | Human rights divisions * Civil and political * Economic‚ social and cultural * Three generations | Rights claimants * Animals * Children * Fathers * Fetuses * Humans * Indigenes * Kings * LGBT * Men * Minorities * Mothers * Plants * Students * Women * Workers
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Greatness of Ashoka BY SINDHURA CONTENTS: 1. Introduction 2. Development 3. Biography 4. Ashokas Dhamma(Dharma) 5. Specialties of Ashokas Dhamma 6. Universalism 7. Measures taken in propagating Dhamma 8. Administration of Ashoka 9. Conclusion 10. Bibilography Introduction In 304 BC‚ the second emperor of Mouryan dynasty‚ Bindusara brought a soul into the world .He was named as Ashoka Bindusara Mourya. His mother was Dharma and he had several older half brothers. Born and brought
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APEH Chapter 11 and 12 Study Guide I. Ch. 11 Age of Reformation (16th Century) pp 317 (K) Ch 4 (Viault) A. Society and Religion 1. Social and Political Conflict a. free imperial cities of Germany and Switzerland b. internal social and political divisions c. economic issues of the early reformation 2. Popular Religious Movements and Criticism of the Church a. "exile" in Avignon and the Great Schism b. Growing criticism of the Church c. The Modern Devotion 1) Brothers of the Common Life
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Antigone and MLK Compare/Contrast Essay Both Martin Luther King Jr. and Antigone are fighting injustice. Antigone is fighting the unfair edict of the corrupt and prideful king Creon. Mr. King is fighting the racial intolerance of a generation of Americans. Both Antigone and Martin Luther King Jr. defend there actions in the struggle against injustice; although both argue there points‚ Antigone takes a more defiant stance‚ while Mr. King uses a more analytical approach in his argument. Antigone
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exemplifies the period of unrest in Paris: the Edict of Compiegne (July); and the Battle of Saint-Quentin (August). The Edict of Compiegne issued just over a month prior to the Saint-Jacques event on 24 July 1557 by the French Catholic monarch Henry II stipulated that punishments for ‘heresy’ were to be meted out with increased severity ‚ thus‚ continuing the pursuit of all suspected Protestant conspirators against the kingdom. Consequently‚ the content of the edict and its close-proximity to the night of
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was called Conspiracy of Amboise (Sutherland 3). Then in 1562 The Edict of January was signed (Sutherland 5). This “granted protestants freedom to worship publicly outside towns (Donald 348). The “edict was law‚ which the protestants accepted and the Catholics rejected‚” (Sutherland 5). Since “the Catholics rejected the edict this was one element of outbreak of civil war…Catherine fell‚” (Sutherland 6). Then in March of 1563 the Edict of Amboise was signed‚ this was signed at Chateau of Amboise (Sutherland
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