King Louis XIV’s Life and Reign Maureen Bauer HUM 361 King Louis XIV’s Life Louis XIV was born September 5‚ 1638 to his parents Louis XIII and Anne of Austria. He was their first child after twenty-two years of marriage. His brother‚ Philippe‚ was born in 1640. His parents did not have a happy marriage as they were chosen for each other and the King’s duties often kept them apart. The Beginning At the age of four King Louis XIII became ill with tuberculosis and rushed
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MONUMENT HOMEWORK: ST. LOUIS ARCH Homework needs to clearly be organized. Use this as a guide for your research. Keep the bold headers but erase my comments when you hand in your homework! NAME OF MONUMENT: Jefferson National Expansion Memorial also Gateway Arch TYPE OF MONUMENT: Arch LOCATION: Saint Louis‚ MO DATES: 1. Idea- Eero Sarriaen & Haanskarl Bandel in 1947 2. Competition- 1947 challenging teams of architects 3. Construction- 1963- 1965 BACKGROUND ON
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and villains always contribute to all great stories. Louis Riel‚ one of the most controversial figures in Canadian history‚ is now argued as both a villain and a hero. He was hanged on November 16‚ 1885 for treason‚ but was he a real villain? Louis Riel is undoubtedly a national hero because he stood up for Métis rights‚ was responsible for the formation of Manitoba‚ and called attention to the Canadian Pacific Railway. Some may see Louis Riel as a villain because of his initiatives taken against
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between Hitler and Napoleon‚ however I feel there were more similarities. They were both immigrants in the country they ended up ruling‚ both conquered most of Europe‚ both had radical views about fighting‚ and both were very quick in their fighting. However‚ the most significant similarities between the two leaders is how they were accepted as monarchs in a previously democratic society‚ and what they did for the countries after becoming monarchs. Hitler and Napoleon were accepted as monarchs
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Napoleon the Pig Rulers always need a goal to work towards to. Without it‚ people or in this case‚ animals may get restless and want to revolt. In George Orwell’s allegory‚ Animal Farm‚ an old wise pig called Old Major says a speech where all the animals on Manor Farm will never have to suffer under a human’s wretched rule ever again. With humans in their lives‚ it just makes everything more difficult since humans take everything the animals produce. A few months later‚ Old Major who has already
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When one reads the nonfiction work of Robert Louis Stevenson along with the novels and short stories‚ a more complete portrait emerges of the author than that of the romantic vagabond one usually associates with his best-known fiction. The Stevenson of the nonfiction prose is a writer involved in the issues of his craft‚ his milieu‚ and his soul. Moreover‚ one can see the record of his maturation in critical essays‚ political tracts‚ biographies‚ and letters to family and friends. What Stevenson
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respected in their reigns. They are the sculptures of Napoleon Bonaparte‚ also known as Napoleon one‚ who was a French emperor. The second sculpture is that of Thutmose III‚ the sixth pharaoh of Egypt. There are several artifacts crafted for these two leaders‚ but this work focuses on two. The Napoleon 1 sculpture is kept at the Auckland Art Gallery. It was crafted by an artist called Bertel Thorvaldsen‚ in approximately 1830 ("Image: Napoleon I; Bertel Thorvaldsen; circa 1830; 1927/2/11 - Auckland
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The ideals and values of the French Revolution and the Enlightenment were rooted from the desire to eliminate absolute dominance‚ secure the rights of all men‚ and build a steady government. Napoleon Bonaparte‚ a French military leader and Emperor‚ endeavored to maintain these political ideologies‚ however‚ he was degenerate in his method for achieving them. He was egotistic and extremely narrow-minded; he was a power-hungry man that used manipulation to enforce his own self-interested ideas. This
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Leader Analysis Sheet Name of leader: Louis XIV Lifespan: 5 September 1638 – 1 September 1715 Title: Was an absolute monarch Country/region: Years in power: began his rule of France in 1661 after the death of his chief minister Political‚ social‚ and economic conditions prior to leader gaining power: His first priority was to prevent officials from abusing their power Louis continued his predecessors’ work of creating a centralized state governed from the capital Under
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Napoleon’s greatest contributions was the codification of French law and especially the great Civil Code that replaced the 360 local codes of the Ancient Regime. It was a combination of the egalitarianism of the Revolution and the authoritarianism of Napoleon. The code forbade privileges based on birth‚ allowed freedom of religion‚ and specified that government jobs go to the most qualified. It was‚ however‚ the first modern legal code to be adopted with a pan-European scope and it strongly influenced
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