Jean de la Fontaine La Fontaine‚ the most versatile and most widely celebrated nondramatic poet in seventeenth century France. He has often experienced the misfortune of having the artistry of his works obscured by a host of myths‚ half-truths‚ prejudices‚ and nonaesthetic issues. This great poet‚ has become a "classic". His fables‚ on which his Reputations rests‚ are part of the literary canon of French writers and are studied in schools. His other works‚ however‚ have been rediscovered
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about‚ Louis the XIV who was the king of France‚ King Charles II who was king or Britain and Suleiman the Magnificent‚ a sultan of the Ottoman Empire. King Louis XIV: Know as Sun King‚ Louis XIV was born in 1638 in the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye to Louis XIII and Anne of Austria. At age 5‚ Louis XIV was crowned king after the death of his father‚ Louis the XIII‚ After the death of his father‚ Cardinal Mazarin‚ His god father‚ gave Louis a full education and as well as introducing Louis XIV
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Crisis Between 1786-88‚ And How Significant Was The Clash Between The Notables And Calonne In Failing To Solve It?" On the twentieth of august 1786 Charles Alexandre de Calonne‚ comptroller-general of the royal finances‚ informed King Louis XVI that the state was on the verge of a financial meltdown. Whilst not having exact details to the financial figures to show the full extent of the problem‚ it is never the less recognized that France was in serious financial difficulty. What then
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mistress‚ his “private” affairs with all kinds of women… This phenomenon attracts me to go into more about mistresses. Among all the mistresses during the Versailles Period‚ Madame de Pompadour is quite special‚ not only because she was able to keep Louis XV’s heart for such a long time as a commoner‚ but also because of her influence on art‚ architecture‚ culture‚ politics… This kind of influence can still be found in remains in modern France‚ mainly in form of painting and decoration of Rococo style
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another vision in her head. A vision to make France the social‚ artistic‚ and political center-piece of the world. In a time dominated by powerful male figures these women stood out in. In Pompadour’s case she became the chief mistress to King Louis XV. In Kahlo’s case the Mexican Revolution inspired her to “repaint” the way Mexico was to be looked at from the
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Due to his age‚ Louis XIII’s aunt‚ Marie de Medici‚ becomes his regent‚ and Cardinal Richelieu becomes France’s chief advisor. With Richelieu as chief advisor‚ he continues the policy of Absolutism where the king has absolute power. He dominates the royal council by making
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Retired Courtier"‚ the poem describes the need to be a pure noble and possess the title of courtier (doc 1). King Louis XIII announced in the Declaration of Duels and Affairs of Honors that nobles brought into nobility by money are misusing their time battling with the sword nobility instead of protecting the country that allows them to have such a title in the first place.(doc6) Louis XIII desired political independence and this distraction and rebellion only stop him from getting there. Gilles Andre
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When it became the early 1600s the nobility became less and less involved on serving their king and became more involved in protecting their own reputation‚ through illegal means‚ such as‚ the nobility having duels. This unsettled the French King Louis XIII and he decided to denigrate the nobles participating in the activity through his Declaration on Duels and Affairs of Honour speech‚ “These crimes‚ which gravely offend God’s majesty are detestable sacrilege‚ destroy healthy men‚ violate natural
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revolution became more and more radical was that the country was in the hands of an ineffective and weak king who did not care for his citizens; Louis XVI let the country fall apart also showed his partiality to the nobles/clergy instead of trying to create a more equal society where all people‚ regardless of their class‚ were afforded equal rights. Instead‚ Louis focused his attention on his hobbies and hunting. It also didn’t help that he was married to a woman who‚ in the midst of such economic straits
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nations‚ specifically France and England saw great changes in their forms of government and means of authority. After the death of Henry IV‚ France saw a great step towards absolutism with the work of Cardinal Richelieu‚ who was the advisor to King Louis XIII. He decreased the power of the Huguenots by taking away their military and political powers and also increased the taille‚ the annual tax by the Church to the public. England also saw changes to their government as the days of absolutist monarchs
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