France

love and marriage in the medieval time period were often two contradicting forces. Whether courtly love or marriage was viewed as right or wrong always depended on the situation the lovers were in, or the person telling the lover’s tale. Marie de France paints these two opposite views in two of her lays— the “Lay of Yonec”, and the “Lay of the Werewolf.” She also shows readers how the two opposite views on courtly love are sparked due to varying situations. Courtly love is seen in some cases to…

Secularity in France targets the public sphere, the treatment of religious symbolism in French law raises issues of how the maintenance of secularity should go about in a nation, forcibly removing ‘visible religion’ from the public sphere, implies a lack of pluralism in a nation, laïcité then could be considered relatively undemocratic. What exactly was meant by ‘ostentatious’ is a matter of much debate, to what extent must a symbol of religious affiliation be ‘ostentatious’. This year, a 15…

1. Three observations that Arthur Young made about the life in France between the years 1787 and 1789 were that the poor people seem very poor as even the children are terribly ragged, the lack of bread is terrible as the price of it is above the peasant’s ability to pay, and that a woman joined him and complained about the hard times as the high taxes are crushing the peasants. 2. a. The conclusion that I can draw about the relationship between the percentage of the population in each estate…

and concern in many countries, including France. The difference is, they have decided to do something to change the rising obesity rates. France is concerned for good reason; the obesity levels in France have doubled between 1995 and 2004. This is almost unheard of and political leaders knew that something would have to change. So the question of “what does it take to pass a law in France?” came to people’s minds. What does it take to pass a law in France? The French legal system is based off of…

The rate of obesity varies in different regions of the world, which indicates that there are different reasons causing this disease. France is less affected by obesity in comparison to U.S; therefore, by comparing these two countries one can find out why there is a huge increase in the rates and the factors affecting this growth in rates. The price of a meal and how convenient it is to find food has a crucial role in the development of a nation’s lifestyle. The cost of buying a meal from…

the transnational journey of relocation to France. Such a monumental, intercontinental journey carries with it significant socio-political implications for immigrants, especially with regards to families. For many Africans, France, a nation with strong historical and colonial ties to the continent of Africa, represents a land of economic and social opportunity; one they can relate to both culturally and linguistically. As such, African immigration to France has long been socially engrained…

“The French have respect for others by respecting themselves. They pay close attentions to their actions. Not because someone may be observing them, but because everybody may be looking at them. An so, an Englishman stuck in traffic will pick his nose to kill time, while the Frenchman will look in the mirror, adjust his tie, hair, and run a hand over his brow or a mustache. A Frenchman will passionately kiss his girlfriend or wife in any public place [having lived in Paris, I attest to that—JMP]…

The eight section of Paris, France is a small city with millions of Muslim immigrants. Although many of them work at the other sections of Paris, they usually stay within the eighth section. Instead of speaking in French, they always speak in their own language in the section. Therefore, when French-speaking people are around, they are sometimes surrounded by suspicious eye from the immigrants. Moreover, multicultural aspect of Paris cannot be found in the section; a movie theater always films…

Frances has many strengths but also many weaknesses. Frances ranked cooking as one of her most important activities and her performance is average. She is still able to stand and walk around her kitchen for the period it takes to cook a meal, and she is satisfied with that. However, she has trouble bending down to get pots and pans that she needs to use when she cooks. Another strength of Frances’s is reading. Along with reading on her own time she also attends her book club once a week. Reading…

France being a republic type government, it gave the French congress power to make changes in the constitution for the two chambers of parliament. Furthermore, France is divided into branches of government which is; the executive, legislative, and judiciary branch. The Executive branch is runned by the president being the head of state…