France

Teenagers often say that when they don't get enough sleep they have a hard time going through the day. However, in the book The Teenage Brain, Frances Jensen shares her theory about teenagers that typically text or stay up watching tv usually don’t get enough sleep and then it leads to stress and anxiety. Teenagers need to know that sleep is an important part in a young adolescent life. Many teenagers are night owls. On page 87, Jensen states ““The technical terms for ‘larks’ and ‘owls’ are…

Vendemiaire, and his success was rewarded by being made commander of Italy. After many campaigns and victories Napoleon showed that he didn’t need technological advances to win, but was able to use his superior strategies. He was made First Consul of France in 1799 and by 1811 made a great empire, the Napoleonic Empire. (“Napoleon”) Then Napoleon marched his army of 500,000 men into Moscow, Russia and only came back with Wanta 2 20,000, while also losing his empire. (Kroll) “Explanations for…

also known as Louis Capet, he was king of France and was forced to call a meeting of the Estates- General to raise new taxes. Tennis Court Oath- the oath that the deputies swore saying that they would continue to meet until they produced a French constitution. Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen- this charter of basic liberties began with a ringing affirmation of “the natural and imprescriptible…

The Rococo artistic style of the 18th century greatly reflected the leisure and extravagance of the reigning aristocracy of France, so much as to where many Rococo paintings exhibited the excess of such wealthy lifestyles. The advent of the Enlightenment, however, challenged the existence of the ruling class through its focus on the sovereignty of the individual. The philosophy of the Enlightenment eventually led to the French Revolution, which ousted the ruling aristocracy and in return created…

context we can better understand the document. Michael Kwass’s “The Global Underground” provides context that helps to shed light on the 1789 “Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen,” by showing examples of why its articles mattered to peoples of France, and why they would choose them to include in their declaration. The “Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen” was a bill of rights passed by France’s National Assembly in 1789. This was towards the beginning of the French Revolution. The…

The writings of Marie de France go against the gender roles of women from the majority of works written during the same time period. Her story Lanval shows this quite clearly. Lanval is a young knight who has been forgotten by his peers. He feels “depressed and worried” because he is “without friends” and “doesn’t know where to look for help” (297). He goes out for a ride and is approached by 2 lovely girls who bring him to their “lady” (298). One thing to note here is that women during this…

the French Empire. The Revolution overthrew the monarchy, created a republic, experienced violent periods of political turmoil, and finally left dictatorship under only Napoleon. The Reign of Terror lasted from 1793 to 1794 Its purpose was to purge France of enemies of the Revolution and protect the country from foreign invaders. Napoleon was a french military leader. He had attained the name general at the age of 24. The Directory eventually gave him command of the Army of Italy after he…

from England. As well as in France, Jews were exiled and readmitted and finally exiled in 1394 (Spielvogel, 297). Jews were also exiled in the city-states of Italy, and several states in the Holy Roman Empire. The purpose was to achieve unity of faith in their states. These banishments were influenced by the Crusades that occurred in the Middle East. So, it is plausible that the Reconquista influenced Spain to banish Jews in the same way that the Crusades influenced France, and England to do the…

There are several different types of relics in the Catholic world. The first type is a body part of a saint, like a bone, and instruments of the Passion of Christ. The second type are object s owned or touched by a saint; and the third type are objects that have come in contact with relics, and through the close proximity, have gained holiness. Since relics of God himself are unavailable, the churches utilize the cult of the saints as a way to legitimize their power in the Catholic world.…

south. France was declared an open city, when the French government fled from Paris because of the advancing Germans. German forces arrived in Paris on June 14th. Ironically enough, as Hitler insisted, three days later the French government officially surrendered in the same railcar the Germans surrendered in at the conclusion of WWI at Compiègne. “The humiliation of France was complete.” (Sheffield, 2011) Following the successful takeover of Paris and surrender of the French, France was…