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30 Cards in this Set
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Henry IV
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Edict of Nantes, Paris is worth a mass, assassinated
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Louis XIII
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named himself Louis le juste, religious and political conflicts during his reign, Richelieu was cardinal minister and founded the l'Accademie Francais
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Louis XIV
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Versailles, Le Roi du Soleil, Revoked the Edict of Nantes
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Baroque
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asymmetrical, movement, complexity, illusion, evokes emotion, influenced by antiquity
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Classicisme
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symmetrical, still, beauty and simplicity, evokes an ideal, influenced by antiquity
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Trois Unites
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Three unities of tragedy: unity of time (24 hour period), unity of place (no scene changes), unity of action (one plot)
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What could be used to describe all 17th century authors except Descartes?
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Moralistes
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Maxime
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short, witty sayings, attributed to an author, critical of society, La Rochefoucauld
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Fable
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Like Aesop, often use animals, teaches an important moral, La Fontaine
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La Rochefoucauld
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One of the biggest French moralists, his maxims originated in salons, jansenist, a common theme= love of self governs all of our actions
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La Fontaine
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son of a government agent, born East of Paris, received a jesuit education, his benefactor was imprisoned, elected to the French Academy, 12 books of fables, 40 editions of fables in his life
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La Cigale et La Fourmi
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La Fontaine, moral: support the arts, La cigale is a poet, like La Fontaine, Nicolas Foucquet would be a generous fourmi (his benefactor)
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Le Loup et L'agneau
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La Fontaine, La raison du plus fort est toujours la meilleure, Le loup is of a superior class, l'agneau is logical, but le loup isn't reasonable, like the imprisonment of Foucquet, without due process
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Descartes
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Educated at a Jesuit college, served in the military in Holland, Discours de la Methode, had pneumonia and died, principal creator of philosophy, "je pense, donc je suis"
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Discours de la Methode
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Descartes, "je pense, donc je suis," He could imagine everything being gone except he couldn't imagine not thinking. Reasoned that God exists because there is an idea of perfection he must have placed in our minds. Puts emphasis on the individual
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Pascal
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his mother died, his father educated him, became part of the Jansenist movement, Pensees, says you can't prove that God exists
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Pensees
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Pascal, The wager, betting on God is worthwhile because if you're right, you have endless reward and if you're wrong, you developed good traits.
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Moliere
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Bourgeois family, frequented court because of his father's profession, Jesuit education, wrote comedies, l'Illustre Theatre acting troupe, died after playing a hypocondriaque, Les Femmes Savantes
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Comedie
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Moliere, correct the morals of society, make audiences laugh, ridiculed human vanity
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Les Femmes Savantes
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Moliere, grammar is superior to the king, and rivals the power of God, Philaminte fires her maid for bad grammar, he doesn't critique her education, but her vanity
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18th Century
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Louis XV was faced with tons of debt, introduced paper money, French Revolution began, Philosophes, L'enyclopedie
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Causes of the French Revolution
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taxes, famine, political corruption, new ideas of philosophers, other forms of government and other revolutions
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Bastille Day
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July 14, 1789
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Roman Epistolaire
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Montesquieu, uses letters to tell a story or make a point
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Montesquieu
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worked in Parliament, elected to the French Academy, traveled a lot, wrote about separation of powers, noble
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Lettres Persanes
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Montesquieu, first published anonymously, written from the point of view of a stranger visiting Paris, critiques Paris from an ignorant POV, buildings stacked on top of each other, busy streets, Pope is a magician, superficial curiosity
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Voltaire
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"l'homme universel", imprisoned in the Bastille because of his satires, exiled to England, believed there should be many religions for peace
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Lettres Philosophique
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Voltaire, Quaker: criticizes speaker for excessive politeness, swearing, misinterpretation of the bible, he says quaker is simple but boring. Also writes about Locke, Pascal, Shakespeare,
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Rousseau
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his mother died, father abandoned him, converted to catholicism for a woman, called her mother, became her lover, contributed to the Encyclopedie, progress of science is a result of corruption of society, French music is a symptom of the decadence of culture, abandoned his children, Emile
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Emile
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Rousseau, ideal education for an infant, return to nature, mother should breastfeed, father should teach, the country is the best place to live,
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