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    and Peasants. First estate was clergy‚ second estate was nobility‚ third estate peasants. Nobility were 3% of the population- Emphasis on Birth‚ Philosophy on Manual Labor (below them)‚ Seigneurial Rights had separate courts and priveleges. Louis XIV was regarded as the sun king and ruled based upon divine right. Couldn’t stop the escalating tensions that began with the French Revolution. Great Britain became a constitutional monarchy and Great Britian also had Parlement. Parlement were

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    Perspectives on the French revolution. This essay will examine the ideologies of the French revolution of 1789. Two perspectives on the French revolution were held by the conservatives’ elite and the educated philosophers. The educated philosophers believed that a revolution was the only way that the middle and lower class were to have a say in matters of state‚ and obtain their rights. Their goal in the revolution was to turn the absolute monarchy into a constitutional monarchy. The conservatives

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    The worldwide‚ iconic centerpiece for art and history known commonly as The Louvre has been the home to the French monarchy‚ a battle fortress during the Hundred Years War and currently as a world-class museum with art ranging from the Mona Lisa by Leonardo DaVinci(which some believe to be a self-portrait of DaVinci) to artifacts from Ancient Egypt to Greek‚ Etruscan‚ Native American and Near East antiquities. But the Louvre was not always the artistic mecca that the world has familiarized the name

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    the weakness of king Louis XIVLouis was ignorant and payed little attention to the third estate. When the government needed money‚ it would all come from the third estate. The third estate was tired and in a dramatic speech they renamed themselves the National assembly. Their breaking point was when the national assembly found themselves locked out of their meeting house. They then broke into a tennis court and took the "tennis court oath" where they vowed for change. Louis tried to make peace with

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    Cardinal Marazin Notes

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    diplomatic skills and used me to solve many of political issues of King Louis XIII. After resolving countless disputes I was promoted to the rank of cardinal in 1641and was quickly given rank of chief minister a year later. Alongside the de facto French monarch at the time‚ Anne of Austria; I effectively directed the French policy. As chief minister‚ I continued Richelieu’s anti-Hapsburg policies and set the foundation for King Louis XIV’s expansionist beliefs. In the conclusion of Thirty Years’ War with

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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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    ambitious nobility.However‚they achieved this aim differently; Louis made his court at Versailles the centre of power‚so the nobility had to spend all their time there if they wanted to have any influence.This kept them away from their own provincial power bases‚making it hard for them to plot against the king.Peter on the other hand tortured and murdered any nobles he suspected of disloyalty.The main difference between the two was that Louis was ruling a cultural advanced‚modern state - Russia under

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    thing that one really knows about human nature is that it changes. Change is the one quality we can predicate from it. The systems that fail are those who rely on the permanency of human nature‚ and not on its growth and development. The error of Louis XIV was that he thought human nature would always be the same. The result of his error was the French Revolution. It was an admirable result." Human nature depends upon the environment in which they are immersed. The idea that children‚ not humans in

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    User | Allis Faye Luster | Course | World Cultures II | Test | Week 3 Quiz | Started | 7/17/13 9:53 PM | Submitted | 7/18/13 1:32 AM | Status | Completed | Attempt Score | 72 out of 80 points   | Time Elapsed | 3 hours‚ 39 minutes out of 4 hours and 30 minutes. | Instructions | | Question 1 2 out of 2 points | Why did Gabrieli organize his compositions around a single note-the tonic note? Answer

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    The Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas was an exciting read. It is the final conclusion of the epic adventures of The Three Musketeers. Louis XIV‚ the young King of France‚ is an unemotional‚ cruel man. Paris is starving and the people hate their King. The King does not care‚ and is more interested in women and money than his subjects. Unknown to most‚ there is another king‚ a twin‚ whom was hidden at birth‚ and then imprisoned behind an iron mask to seal his identity. Have you ever wronged

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