King Louis XIV King Louis XIV is a violent‚ self-centered villain who manipulates others for his personal gain. He was quick to shed blood‚ no matter what the cost. Although he expanded France’s borders by conquering countries with his royal army‚ his methods led to many unnecessary deaths. During his reign‚ three out of every five years were spent in war. (Popkin Par.3) King Louis XIV’s reign was full of unnecessary violence. He did not live the privileged life of a king-to-be‚ and he
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King Louis XIV was a totalitarian and absolutist whose goal was “one king‚ one law‚ one faith.” He successfully accomplished his goals for “one king” and “one law” through divine right‚ and the establishment of Versailles‚ which centralized France and limited the power of the nobility. His last goal‚ however‚ “one faith” was hardly successful because it took a considerable amount of time to accomplish; but he eventually ended up with an entirely Catholic France. Louis XIV was successful in having
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of pain is worth a lifetime of glory”(Louis Zamperini as qtd. in goodreads). Many people will read Unbroken and see a story of a man who survived by power or knowledge which may be true‚ however‚ his survival is most likely because of the lessons he learned in his earlier life. Louis Zamperini was an intelligent and powerful man. The reason he was like that was because of his time living before his heroic incidents. Louis learned to be more compatible from his brother. He became physically fit after
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Which tools Louis Vuitton used to advertise their brend in general? Is it successful? The modern world is inconceivable without advertising. It is plays a very important role in the development of business opportunities. Today‚ in addition to television advertising‚ one of the most popular is Social Media. So‚ one of the most famous‚ the most demand and the most expensive luxury brand- Louis Vuitton is a french fashion house which specializig in the manufacture of luggage and bags‚ clothes and
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Napoleon’s rule many questions had risen pondering about Napoleons actions and his state of mind. One of those was if whether Napoleon was a liberator or a conqueror. Truth is that Napoleon was a conqueror. The only thing that Napoleon was focused on was his main goal; to conqueror and control all of Europe. That in which Napoleon had made himself clear that nothing could ever get in the way of him having complete and absolute power. Since Napoleon was much shorter than others; he felt that he had to
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George Orwell‚ Napoleon happens to get his hands on all the power. He uses fear‚ ideology‚ and propaganda as his best tools in order to keep everyone away of this power. These tools allow him to stay on the top. Napoleon uses fear to show the animals that he is the only one in charge and his commands can not be questioned by anyone or anything. One way that Napoleon uses fear with the animals is by his guard dogs.He used them as his army and to do his bad work for him. As Napoleon was giving a
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Life and Times of the Four David Artists Through out the years there were many great artists who created many great works of art‚ but only four Italian artists really stick out for creating the same piece all with different points of views. These artists were Donatello‚ Verrocchio‚ Michelangelo‚ and Bernini‚ all of who created a David sculpture. Each one very unique and different. These four artists all stand out in there own individual ways. David who was supposed to be the second
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Vorlicek History 101 David Reeves Emporor of China Essay From 1661 to 1722 the emperor of China‚ K’ang-hsi‚ has lived a strenuous yet fruitful life exceeding above and beyond the standards that a normal emperor usually lives up to within his ruling time. The author of the book “Emperor of China” by Jonathan D. Spence has translated documents written by the emperor himself (K’ang-hsi) in order to almost perfectly portray a “self-portrait” of the emperor in the span of his reign during the Ch’ing
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Jacques Cartier was sailing along the coast of Cape Cod when they encounter boats with First Nations People on it. They were greeted by the First Nations with dancing and gestures that indicated they wanted to trade by showing Cartier various furs. Cartier was hesitant to approach as they only had one boat and are easily outnumbered if they were attacked. As the French ship left‚ the first Nations pursued them. Cartier felt threatened so he fired two shots at them and struck them with lances‚ which
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right who has control over every portion of his kingdom. The most famous absolute monarch‚ Louis XIV‚ had the longest reign of any of the French kings. Louis achieved this as a result of his reformed laws‚ foreign policy‚ a smart economic advisor‚ and his decision to deny power to the nobility. Although some of these ideas could be viewed as having a negative impacting on France‚ overall Louis XIV’s absolute government was beneficial to the development of his country. By restructuring France’s laws
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