1603 Queen Elizabeth I dies and James VI of Scotland becomes king of England This united the crowns of England and Scotland for the first time. They would later be officially united to create Great Britain. 1605 James survived an assassination attempt - The Gunpowder Plot 14th May‚ 1607 Settlement of Jamestown‚ Virginia. This was the first permanent English settlement in what is now the US. 1st Jan‚ 1610 Galileo discovers rings of Saturn. This was an important discovery in the world of astronomy
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Gianlorenzo Bernini "Apollo and Daphne" The statue "Apollo and Daphne" was made by the artist Gianlorenzo Bernini‚ the statue was commisioned in 1622 by the Borghese family and was completed in 1625. The statue is roughly 243 cm tall and is located at the Galleria Borghese‚ Rome. Bernini was a Italian sculptor‚ architect and painter who lived from 1598 till 1680. At first he worked in the late Mannerist tradition but left this style and helped create a new style that had more emotional and psychological
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courts of the 15th century. Noblemen and women were treated to lavish events‚ especially wedding celebrations‚ where dancing and music created an elaborate spectacle. King Louis XIV had a heartfelt influence on the development of ballet. He is passionate about dance and everyone loves him as a performer too. King Louis XIV established the world’s first ballet school in 1661 and it was the Academie Royale de Danse (Royal Academy of Dance). Did you know that before‚ ballet is only exclusive for men
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Absolutism and Constitutionalism differ in the structure of authority in their theoretical governments‚ with Absolutism giving the government power over the people‚ and Constitutionalism limiting the government’s power and‚ in turn‚ empowering the people. This difference causes Absolutism to cause people to work for their government‚ and Constitutionalism to cause government to work for its people. Absolutism posited that government should have complete power over its citizens. James I of England
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the philosophes alienate themselves from the Church? Intolerant of hierarchy and ritual 4. Why does Fragonard paint the young lady in The Swing as losing a shoe? To symbolize virginity loss 5. Why do many of Fra To validate her role as Louis XV’s most trusted advisor 6. Why in the mid-eighteenth century did art criticism begin? To enable tourists to appreciate and understand art 7. Why is the music that arose in reaction to the Rococo called "classical"? Its symmetry‚ proportion
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Armond Henderson History 7B Kier T Th 8:10-9:30 Essay 1 1. The Age of Absolutism in Europe began with the rise of national legislation and civil bureaucracies that slowly eroded local power and self-government. The rise of absolute monarchies differed from country to country‚ but the general consensus is that the age began with the reign of Louis XIV and ended with the French Revolution. The Age of Absolutism‚ when Monarchies were at the height of their power‚ brought massive changes to
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this‚ it is evident that Moliere’s intent for this play was to satirize hypocrites within the church. However‚ church officials damned Tartuffe as "a play which offends piety" filled with "abominations from beginning to end" (p. 306)? When King Louis XIV asked why so much commotion was being made by the Catholic Church over Tartuffe‚ his prince replied "It is because the comedy of Moliere makes fun of them‚
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Turgot on Problems and Solutions Regarding “Foundations” Anne-Robert-Jacques Turgot was a perfect example of the “enlightened Administrator” who wished to reform the government‚ not overthrow it‚ and was even employed by King Louis XIV as “Controller General”. His ideas in the article‚ On Foundations‚ while radical‚ and critical of the Old Regime‚ mainly focus on the ideas of local government‚ taxation‚ humanism‚ and citizenship. In the article‚ Turgot criticizes the Old Regime practice of employing
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pointed at the period of oppression rained down on the French peasantry by the nobility in the 17th and 18th centuries. In a time period dominated by French excesses and lavish living by the nobility‚ most notably during the reign of the Sun King Louis XIV‚ more than 85% of the population was living in shackles of poverty. The social stratum was shaped like a pyramid with the wealthy elite occupying the top of the triangle. Most of the people spent their lives mired in the lowest level‚ and social
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The Age of Absolutism State Building & the Search for Order in the 17th Century What is Absolutism? Absolutism or absolute monarchy was a system in which the sovereign power or ultimate authority in the state rested in the hands of a king who claimed to rule by divine right. Sovereignty In the 17th century‚ having sovereign power consisted of the authority to: Why Absolutism? A response to the crises of the 16th & 17th centuries A search for order— As revolts‚ wars‚ and
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