France

The raw logistics of projecting moving images was pursued all over the world, but cinema was born in France. The world’s first screening of a motion picture was in the Grand Cafe in Paris, on December 28th, 1895. It was a series of ten films made by the brothers Auguste and Louis Lumiere, including their first ever film, Sortie des Usines Lumière à Lyon (Workers Leaving the Lumiere Factory). This was done with Léon Bouly 's cinématographe device, the rights to which had been purchased by the…

“God did not create the Pyrenees to separate France and Spain, but to set the border between non-climbers and climbers” (Christian Laborde, Tour and Pyrenees). The scenery that can be witnessed, is one that cannot be resisted. The Pyrenees Mountain Trip is one thing, if available, may only come once and is an opportunity to not pass up. With the euro and the dollar being about equal, making the trip affordable, at this time. However, it may not be for long. Accordingly, if this opportunity is…

The French Revolution, which began in 1789 in Paris, overthrew in France the monarchy and established a republic. This revolution swept across Europe and had a considerable impact on the rest of it. It engenders in its conquest an exercise in state making and responses were in majority positive for Europe’s intellectuals and politicians. Although some saw the arrival of this revolution movement with relief and excitement others did not. But what were the really impacts of this Revolution on the…

Imagine wanting something, perhaps someone, who you loved more than anything in the world, but you simply could not have that individual. Marie De France: Laüstic is a poem translated by Robert Hanning and Joan Ferrante, who tells a beautiful, yet heartbreaking tale. To have a love so precious and lustful and not being able to do anything other than simply talk with one another through their balcony; which makes it romantic since they are neighbors and are close to each other. Adding icing to…

1. Burke believed that the revolution in France had only negative results, such as the destruction of virtues and chaos in the state. Based on the principles of Kant, can Burke be considered as an enlightened or does he have limited views about this situation? 2. Burke argues that the desire to update something on the government board is the goal of an egotistical person, since in his opinion the government and privileges should be maintained and transferred in the same way as they were received…

Bastille was an incident that occurred in the afternoon of July 14th 1789 in Paris, France. The Bastille was a political prison represented by royal authorities in Paris in which there were only seven inmates in at the time of its storming. The political prison and armory was seen as a symbol of monarchy’s abuse of power. Its fall was the significant start of the French revolution. During Louis XVI’s reign, France was faced with an economic crisis due to the cost of intervening in the American…

In the late 1700s a revolutionary movement swept across France bringing an end to the old way of life. This revolt began in a moderately liberal direction, but when a constitutional monarchy failed, the revolution tured in a more radical direction. When the King of France, Louis XIV, was forced from his throne and executed, a time of extreme radicalism and revolutionary action began. The National Convention formed the committee of public health and safety with Robespierre at the head and the…

colonists declared war on Britain in 1776, they promoted “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness (Declaration of Independence par. 2).” When the citizens of France and the Third Estate became weary of the tyranny and despotism of King Louis XVI, they revolted in an attempt to gain freedom and stabilize the shattered government of France based on the same ideas as the colonists. However, what started as an attempt to earn their liberty, ended with a massacre of the bourgeoisie…

1789- The newly created National Assembly, which was mostly made up of the middle and lower classes of the Third Estate, was going to be shut down by the King, but N.A. declared that they would not disband until they had written a new constitution for France. This also became known as the Tennis Court Oath. July 14, 1789- A mob attacked the Bastille (prison) to free the seven prisoners, but to mostly gain weapons. August 26, 1789- Declaration of the right of man and of the citizen was now…

Freedom of the prNapoleon instituted his own government and set himself as First Consul then First Consul for Life thereby declaring himself as the only ruler of France; a few years later Napoleon crowned himself emperor. His new government ran schools called lycees, maintained tax collections, enforced laws, and used censorship to control the public’s views of his rule as well as prevent dissidents from criticizing his new administration. One of the earliest steps Napoleon took to create a…