Moreover‚ were we to take the example of the chronicles‚ it is great deeds that made great rulers part of the universal history and not what they may have said. Of course‚ there are several notable exceptions‚ like Winston Churchill or King Louis the Fourteenth of France who is greatly known for having said “I am the state”. Nevertheless‚ their quotes are in fact associated with their actions‚ therefore in the end‚ the actions regain their supremacy. To sum up‚ I am a firm believer that a good deed
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luxuries included an education in literature of the time‚ and also the experiences of the mannerisms and expectations of royalty. He also gained a good perspective of the prevalence of hypocrisy and vanity that was rampant at that time period in France and would use this for material in his plays. As a child he would frequently go to the Pont-Neuf and also the Hotel Borgogne to see acts of theatre performed and soon fell in love with the art. At the age of twenty-one Jean-Baptiste Poquelin started
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mentioned (the Louis) was established in 1640. And since now specific time references are mentioned‚ we can assume the play takes in ’modern times’ i.e. during the time it was written (the 1660’s). The action of the play takes place in a single day. Tartuffe takes place undoubtedly in France as shown by the currency‚ the use of French throughout the script and our assumption of it’s modernity as mentioned above. The currency points exclusively to France because it is named after King Louis XIII of France
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an obligation than just a sign of erudition or generosity. Patronage had developed into a type of political behaviour and a way of documenting. In 1515‚ when King Francis I ascended the throne of France‚ the local Renaissance culture was almost at a standstill‚ since Gothic art originated from France and left a grandiose mark on it. The French did not want to let go of the Gothic traditions and welcome a new style‚ even more as it came from Italy. King Francis I was destined to change the course
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able to control and obtain power. Louis XIV of France came into power as a young boy he was capable of ruling over a big population which helped him be an absolute ruler. Charles I of England came into power while the country was in financial ruins‚ in order to stable it he used his absolute rule‚ unfortunately it didn’t work out as well as he wanted it to. Peter the Great wanted to make the technology of Russia better so his plan was to westernize Russia.
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Louis XIV known as the sun king was born 5 September 1638 – 1 September 1715 to Louis XIII and Anne of Austria. Louis ruled as the king of France from 1643-1715. Louis ruled as the absolute monarch for72 years and 110 days. After king Louis XIII died Louis XIV was crowned king at age 4. During the first few years of Louis reign anne introduce policies that told about his power as a monarch. Beginning in 1648 a civil war broke out known as the Fronde‚ which led the royal family to flee Paris.
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Baroque 1) Rococo was a style preeminently evident in small works such as furniture‚ utensils‚ and small sculptures. Rococo is the last style of the French monarchies and was carefree and playful. Rococo art centered on romance and love and emphasized tonality‚ softness and rich colors. Rococo art contrasted Baroque art as it tended to avoid heroic events and religious iconography and emphasized Hedonism. The word Rococo derives from Rocaille‚ which means shell‚ and Rococo art used curvaceous
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Retired Courtier"‚ the poem describes the need to be a pure noble and possess the title of courtier (doc 1). King Louis XIII announced in the Declaration of Duels and Affairs of Honors that nobles brought into nobility by money are misusing their time battling with the sword nobility instead of protecting the country that allows them to have such a title in the first place.(doc6) Louis XIII desired political independence and this distraction and rebellion only stop him from getting there. Gilles Andre
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speak of the need to be a noble‚ to be a pure noble‚ to hold the position of a courtier [Doc 1]. King Louis XIII has proclaimed in the Declaration of Duels and Affairs of Honor that nobles bought into the nobility are wasting time fighting with the nobles of military decent should rather have spent that energy defending the country that gives them such authority in the first place [Doc 6]. King Louis XIII only wants the political emancipation from such a minor distraction as this controversy caused
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portraits commissioned for their one of the most important days of their lives‚ their coronation day. These portraits were created in order to display the power‚ wealth‚ and many other qualities of that ruler. Many of these were extravagant such as Louis the 14th‚ otherwise known as the Sun King. His portrait served as a show of his extreme wealth from his elegant blue clothing that was stitched with the Fleur de Lis‚ to wearing the sword of Charlemagne as a show of power. Elizabeth the First’s Coronation
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