David J. Castillo Humanities 4 Mr. Raul Garcia Option A March 2013 The Classical World vs. The Eighteenth Century vs. The Modern World: The Dramatic Shifts and the Influences Mary Wollstonecraft‚ William Wordsworth‚ Caspar David Friedrich‚ Edgar Allan Poe and JeanJacques Rousseau are only a few names of the many artists and writers from the 1700s and 1800s who gave their share of revolutionary ideas and depictions that helped construct the modern world. Whether it was the emphasis on exag
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Enlightenment was the prevailing thought of this era which called for reform‚ but most believed that the best way to affect change would be through the ruler. Government officials who had the ear of the ruler would instruct them to reform their Government to improve human society. Which resulted in what historians called enlightened absolutism. The new ways of thinking had several effects on both the Monarchical Absolutism and those under its rule. For example‚ sweeping reforms happened in Prussia
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Martin Luther’s Protestant Reformation Martin Luther was the most influential person of the 15th and 16th century the reason being he rebelled against the catholic church the highest authority in the world at that time. When Martin Luther went against the church he not only reformed Christianity but reformed every person in Europe into a thinking human being. So when looking at the most influential people of the time Martin Luther paved the path for all modern sciences. Martin Luther’s Ninety
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landscape of 17th century Europe was drastically shifting due to the Thirty Years’ War and the other Wars of Religion. These events brought about a tonal shift in European politics‚ causing a crisis of authority. Political theorists such Thomas Hobbes responded to the crisis with social theories about government such as absolutism. One place this was concentrated in was in France. During this time period‚ France was molded into an absolute monarchy. Essentially‚ royal absolutism arose in France due
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There are two different understandings of democracy: direct democracy (the rule of many) and representative democracy. The US government uses representative democracy‚ everyone is given their own power‚ even if it’s as minimal as voting for a leader to represent you. The Framers of the Constitution believed a direct democracy would lead to people following the popular opinion instead of the common good for the nation. Despite being run on a democracy‚ people have separate views of how the government
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Literature from the Anglo-Saxon period through the Seventeenth Century English Literature‚ literature produced in England‚ from the introduction of Old English by the Anglo-Saxons in the 5th century to the present. The Anglo-saxon period extends from about 450 to 1066‚ the year of the Norman-French conquest of England. The Germanic tribes from Europe who overran England in the 5th century‚ after the Roman withdrawal‚ brought with them
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Prompt 3: In what ways and to what extend did absolutism affect the power and status of the European nobility in the period 1650 to 1750? Use examples from at least two countries. Absolutism was the beginning of the end for Europe’s nobility when it came to political power and influence. This period is often described as a bridge between Europe’s feudal society in which nobles held ultimate power and status to the capitalist society which eliminated the nobility’s influence over government and
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as Louis XIV strengthened his own office while weakening the general assembly of France‚ the Estates General. Absolutism‚ the political situation in which a monarch controls makes all political‚ social‚ economic‚ and cultural decisions in a government without checks or balances‚ had been introduced by Charles I and James I. However‚ it never took hold. In France‚ Louis XIV took absolutism to extremes‚ claiming to be a servant of God. A limited monarch‚ England’s monarchial system‚ is a government
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Absolutism and Relativism Definitions: Absolutism - is the theory that morality is absolute rather than relative; that is‚ that there are absolute moral truths to which we must adhere and which particular situations‚ people‚ or places do not affect (Jacques P. Thiroux‚ 2012). Relativism - those who hold this point of view believe that there are no absolutes in morality‚ but rather that morality is relative to particular cultures‚ groups‚ or even individuals‚ and further that everyone must decide
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Sabrina Warner May 5‚ 2014 Assignment: FRQ #4 Week 24 In the Seventeenth Century‚ how did England and the Dutch Republic compete successfully with France and Spain for control of overseas territory and trade? Breaking it down by country‚ we can examine England first. England was the most powerful nation during the seventeenth century‚ and anyone who dared mess with them was destined for destruction. Their power greatly improved during the Agricultural Revolution and the Cottage Industry.
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