of chaos and wars as a result of various levels of governments sharing the power to make decisions‚ and the therefore constant splitting of countries over how to best act when faced with a crisis‚ resulting in countries such as Spain‚ England and France all undergoing their own civil wars. To try and combat this‚ several rulers decided to attempt to consolidate power back into their own hands‚ so that they made the ultimate decisions for the country and become an absolute monarch. Absolutism is where
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choral composers must do what the notes dictate.” Although very little is known about Josquin’s early life in the lowland region of northern France‚ he most likely received his musical training through his service as a singer at the chapel of the Milan cathedral in Italy. His career was spent as a composer attached to various churches in northern Italy and France‚ and most of his compositions are sacred‚ either settings of the mass or motets‚ sacred compositions based on Latin poetry suitable for inclusion
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Introduced by the Valois dynasty around 1375‚ the use of visual objects to promote individual and royal authority became a popular practice and influenced later French and Western visual culture. Following the examples of Philip the Bold‚ Duke of Burgundy‚ and King Charles V‚ Jean Duke of Berry (1340-1416)‚ developed and reinforced this strategy. Regardless of the Duke’s fame as an adherent of material culture‚ politics had always been a crucial aspect of his agenda as collector and patron. In
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Marie curie was born on November 7th 1867‚ in Warsaw‚ once the capitol of Poland. Her close friends and family had a nickname for her‚ Manya. Before Marie turned eleven‚ her mother had died of Tuberculosis‚ and her oldest sister had died of Typhus. Despite her grief and short comings‚ Marie graduated from high school at the early age of fifteen with the highest honors. Marie started to feel depressed‚ so her father sent her to live with her cousins in the country side. A short time later‚ Marie
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The years during the 1800s were very gory in terms of the Revolutions that took place in Latin America and Europe. Two brave countries tried to innovate their governments‚ which caused uproar and lead to a revolution. France was gutsy and courageous‚ and overthrew their King‚ they ran him out of the city and later beheaded him. On the other hand Russia strived for years to try and take back their government‚ and overthrow their ruler. Russia did not succeed but they had good spirit; they said “A
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The beautiful country of Brittany is a cultural and administrative region in the north-west of France. Brittany occupies a large peninsula in the north west of France‚ lying between the English Channel to the north and the Bay of Biscay to the south. The historical province of Brittany is divided into five departments: Finistère in the west‚ Côtes-d’Armor in the north‚ Ille-et-Vilaine in the north east‚ the Loire-Atlantique in the south east and Morbihan in the south on the Bay of Biscay. Brittany
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Marie Curie Marie Curie was a medical physicist from Warsaw‚ Poland. (Schley) She earned her doctoral degree in Paris‚ France at Sorbonne University‚ being the first woman in Europe to earn a doctorate. During her career‚ Marie earned two Nobel Prizes‚ her first was awarded to her in 1903 along with Pierre Curie and Henri Becquerel for physics. Marie’s second Nobel Prize was awarded to her in 1911 for her work in chemistry. (Aronson) She received honorary doctorates from Yale University and Columbia
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spearheaded the committee and members also included‚ Benjamin Harrison‚ Thomas Johnson‚ John Dickinson‚ and John Jay. America used this committee as their first point of contact with France‚ as the committee’s main duties were to gather European allies‚ and Benjamin Franklin had his eyes on France. The relationship between France and Great Britain up until this point in history was long and complex; some would say that the nations were bitter enemies‚ as they had fought multiple bloody wars. As the American
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After reading Simone de Beauvoir’s "Dependent Woman in Love"‚ I have seen men and women in a different way. Most of the things that were said are based on the way humans already perceive men and women. There are things that men and woman go through differently to be able to fit those exact assumptions. Simone de Beauvior believes that woman are dependent while men are not. Just by the title of the article she already states her view "Dependent Love in Women". From the beginning of the article
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Marie Sklodowska had to face many hardships and obstacles throughout her lifetime but the hardest obstacle she had to endure was in my opinion losing her husband Dr. Curie. In the movie made in her honor says she wouldn’t talk to anyone after his death for a long period of time. Though her life was filled with many difficult situations one that was harder to overcome to the public was being a female scientist and how the board didn’t wish to grant access to a proper laboratory until the couple had
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