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    How successful was Louis XIV in achieving religious unity in France in the years 1661-1715? (24 marks). For Louis XIV‚ achieving religious unity in France was of major concern as it was a challenge to his absolutism. Being a devote Catholic‚ Louis wanted to unite France under Catholicism as the presence of other unorthodox religions meant that Louis was not supported in every way‚ like an absolute King should be. Many‚ including Louis‚ saw the King of France to be ‘The Most Christian King’‚ and

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    Revolution unfolded‚ King Louis XVI of France soon found himself in the centre of it and gradually became one of the victims. In the morning of Tuesday 21st January 1793‚ he was woken by his guards and taken to Place de la Revolution. "My people‚ I die an innocent man" were his last words to the crowd‚ and moments later‚ his head was held up to the crowd . However‚ what caused the end of monarchy? Was Louis XVI completely responsible for his own downfall? There is no questioning that Louis XVI is‚ in fact

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    Louis Armstrong

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    Tiffany Townsend History and Sociology of Rock Music August 25‚ 2014 Topic No. 2 Louis Armstrong was one of the many people who have influence jazz music over the years. Although we may not realize it‚ he had the most influence in the jazz world during his time and is well known today for the changes that he made to the jazz world many years ago. First is the impact that he had on the way jazz music was played. Louis Armstrong began revolutionizing the sound of jazz music in the 1920s when he introduced

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    Stevenson presents the character Mr Hyde as being terrifying and animal-like by using imagery. Hyde is described as a predator‚ he ’snarls’ and breaks into a ’savage’ laughs which suggests he’s intimidating. Mr Hyde also possesses ’extraordinary quickness‚’ which is not like a human‚ this could suggest he is athletic even though he doesn’t look like it. In the extract‚ he is said to be ’hardly human‚’ that could refer to his barbaric‚ animal-like behavior. He gives the impression of being possessed

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    Louis Vuitton

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    achieved by reducing costs and off-shoring production to China and elsewhere. Louis Vuitton handbags‚ on the other hand‚ are priced high. Such high prices are unnecessary for merely stowing and carrying things. In essence‚ the Louis Vuitton difference is value‚ not price—this being absolute value‚ not relative value. Many of the principles for Price were innovations that came about after Kyojiro Hata became president of Louis Vuitton Japan and that subsequently went global. With the Yen getting strong

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    (Christopher Hibbert 1980 p.14). Besides the partial blames that Louis XVI deserved‚ the situation was quite out of his control. There were many other reasons that lead to this revolution and every single problem was connected with each other. The most important short term factors were the bankrupting of government and the Famine. As for the most important long term factors were the heavy taxes and the enlightenments. Though Louis XVI was partially responsible for the French Revolution‚ it wasnt

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    How Does The World Leading Companies Interact with Society: An investigation into the performance of Louis Vuitton Founded in 1854‚ Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy (LVMH) had become the world ’s largest luxury fashion house brand group and manage to gain sales revenue of 20‚320 million euros in 2010 to 23‚ 659 million Euro in 2011 and 28‚ 103 million Euro in 2012 (Jin‚ 2012). Nowadays in business world‚ the survivability of business depends on how it interact with the society. The way of a company

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    Question2: Introduction Louis Vuitton is the world’s biggest luxury brand for bags and accessories. It was established in France‚ Europe in year 1854. Louis Vuitton brand and company is an international well-established firm named after the founder and designer Louis Vuitton. Louis Vuitton entered Japanese market in year 1968‚ and it came the most popular luxury brand in Japan. In year 1970‚ LV opened its first stores in Japan‚ which had revenue of $1 Million on its first day. By 1977‚ the

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    Louis Braille

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    The most important scientific invention of the nineteenth century was braille. Braille is the only written language available for the visually impaired. When Louis Braille invented braille‚ a window opened up to sightless individuals everywhere; they were no longer at disadvantage to peers who could easily read written language. In 1829‚ Louis Braille published the first braille book entitled‚ "The Method of Writing Words‚ Music and Plain Song by Means of Dots‚ For Use by the Blind and Arranged by

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    Pierre Louis

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    impersonal (Gere). Louis’ skepticism in the traditional medical practice arose when he found himself helpless during the mid of an epidemic of diphtheria (Gere). Eventually‚ Louis grew to become a therapeutic nihilist and came up with an experimental design to seek for the numeric evidences‚ indicating the inefficiency of the traditional healing method (Gere). The first clinical trial that Pierre Louis conducted involves the testing of the common healing method of bloodletting. Louis used his numerical

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