In what ways and to what extent did absolutism affect the power and status of the European nobility in the period 1650 to 1750? Use examples from at least TWO countries. France: decreased nobility power‚ Louis XIV gave nobles very little power‚ made them his “lapdogs” at Versailles‚ result of the Fronde rebellion Russia: decreased nobility power‚ Peter the Great let ranking in armies be based on ability‚ giving lower class people the opportunity to move up‚ nobility did not like his reforms
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committed to retaining the autocratic powers of the tsardom. However he was less of a disciplinarian than his father and was more open to the arguments of the other people around him. He was deeply influenced by defeat in Crimean war and by liberal ministers‚ Alexander II undertook extensive reforms of Russian society and government. Alexander II made an attempt to modernise Russia and preserve imperial power and in this essay I will be discussing the ways and what successes he achieve while introducing
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CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN REFORM A EUROPEAN WAY OF WAR Steven Everts‚ Lawrence Freedman‚ Charles Grant‚ François Heisbourg‚ Daniel Keohane and Michael O’Hanlon about the CER The Centre for European Reform is a think-tank devoted to improving the quality of the debate on the European Union. It is a forum for people with ideas from Britain and across the continent to discuss the many social‚ political and economic challenges facing Europe. It seeks to work with similar bodies in other European countries
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up in response to the event. An analysis of all these sources and their reliability should lead to a conclusion of to what extent the event acted as a catalyst for the process of the emancipation of women. B. Summary of evidence 1. Background: the position of women. Their role and how they were perceived in their family and society before and during 1848 in Persia. Persia is what has been called Iran since 1935. Islam has had a massive influence on Persian culture throughout it’s history. During
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To What Extent Financial Remuneration is the Key Motivating Factor for Employee? 1.0 Introduction Financial remuneration plays an important role as a motivator in the management practice today. Generally speaking‚ financial remuneration is a reward for employment reward of employment‚ which includes all cash or cash-equivalents that are given to employees in exchange for their work or services. It can be seen as the financial part of the compensation package that is not simply relevant to salary
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To what extent did Alexander 3 react to the reforms of Alexander 2? The term "reaction" refers to a backward change and the term "reform" means to overhul the situation and change it‚ most of the time for the better. Alexander II also known as the liberator‚ was the Emperor of Russia from 1855 to 1881. He was responsible for reforms of the legal system‚ local goverment‚ armed forces and the emancipation of the serfs‚ which was the the most important reform in 1861. When Alexander the Liberator
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To what extent was the life of the Ancient Greeks influenced by religion? The lives of the Ancient Greek people were strongly influenced by religion. The gods and goddesses that they worshipped were the reasons behind everything they had done‚ were doing and had done. The gods influenced everything from law to warfare‚ medicine and general life. To the Ancient Greeks‚ the gods and goddesses created the world‚ its seasons and everything in it. Everything happened because the god and goddesses willed
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Chavelle Maitland Montego Bay Community College History (Yr 2) “Colonial rivalry was the MAIN reason for the European wars from 1650-1763”. How far is it possible to agree with this statement? "As sources of wealth for their European owners‚ the colonies became as important a cause of war in the eighteenth century as quarrels in Europe itself. Commerce‚ colonies and power in Europe were vitally connected‚ and any limitation of trading rights or any blow to a colony was a method of keeping the
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To what extent was Whig/Liberal dominance in the period 1846-68 a result of their free trade agenda? Between the years 1846 and 1868‚ the Conservative party was only in power for a total of just under four years – 1852‚ 1858-97 and 1866-68. Throughout these short-lived periods‚ they were never able to achieve a majority and this illustrates and defines the extent of Whig/Liberal dominance in this period. Their dominance was without doubt partially as a result of their free-trade agenda‚ but other
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in reality it was a far too lenient settlement which allowed Germany to recover both economically and politically. This recovery would allow Germany into a strong position that within a generation‚ it could once again compete and threaten the European powers once again. The so called peace settlement was widely spoken out against in Germany and the Germans subsequently evaded their financial obligations under the terms of the Treaty. The French were the ones who found it most difficult to enforce
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