Frances Sternhagen

person), and respectable political figure. He was made a bishop in 1607, and later entered politics, becoming Secretary of State in 1616. His father, François du Plessis de Richelieu, was a soldier and courtier who served as the Grand Provost of France. his mother, Susanne de La Porte, was the daughter of a famous judge. When Richelieu was five years old, his father died fighting in the French Wars of Religion, leaving the family in debt. However, the family was able to avoid financial…

At the beginning of the 19th century, the world was changing at a drastic rate. Throughout the world people were being enlightened, they realized they were not being treated the way the should be, and they wanted change. Individuals that rose higher than the common person became leaders, then later icons throughout history. Napoleon Bonaparte and Toussaint Louverture were just two of many leaders. Napoleon Bonaparte and Toussaint Louverture were very similar, yet very different. To start off,…

leader so pervasive or impressing as Napoleon Bonaparte. Born on the previously Italian, then French island of Corsica in 1769 and raised by the middling yet technically noble Buonaparté family, Napoleon would, by the end of his life, come to rule France as its First Consul and, later, constitutional emperor for a total of fifteen war-filled years. By age 20, he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in France’s 1st Artillery Regiment. By age 24, he was promoted to the rank of brigadier…

Napoleon Bonaparte was born in 1769 on the island of Corsica. At a young age, he obtained a royal scholarship that enabled him to study at a military school in France. Through his diverse talents, he later became a lieutenant in the French army. Subsequently, various victorious wars, he became Commander of the French armies. Napoleon soon acquired the faith of the people and carried out the coup d’état. Coup d’état was an overthrow of the directory (the government at the time). As a result,…

Battles are a peculiar thing..you fight people in a chance to win either land or power. That was the concept in this battle, power and the chance to overthrow Napoleon. The Battle of Waterloo, as you all know, was fought in the land of Waterloo, a fight between The Duke of Wellington and Napoleon, unfortunately, The Battle of Waterloo was indeed, Napoleon's last. Napoleon, The Duke of Wellington, and the Battle will all be discussed. Rising quickly in military ranks Napoleon became very…

Marie Antoinette born November 2,1755 was married to Louis Xv. Shortly after in 1744 he died from smallpox disease. A young prince named louis-Auguste was going to take his place, making her the Queen of France. Marie Antoinette was a person they found as majestic and a visible woman and who was very outgoing. She bold who loved extravagant fashion and partying. Marie Antoinette had not managed to take the first step up this particular ladder of power but managed to be able to fulfil the request…

of French influence over Europe developed a sense of pride and belonging to the nation, which is still deeply enrooted in each French citizen today. Where previous leaders had failed, Napoleon stabilized the French economy by creating the Bank of France. As well, he established equality and religious tolerance,…

After the Revolutionary War, Napoleon became a French general and was now in charge of the Italian military. He is currently meeting with the man who was in charge of the Italians before, but has now been demoted to lieutenant. “Good morning, General Napoleon. Your new Italian soldiers have been awaiting your arrival in the barracks. I hope you are satisfied with the army,” The Italian Lieutenant said nervously. “Tell them to form ranks in the clearing over there, I can’t be bothered with…

order to understand the effect of Napoleon Bonaparte’s role in France, it is first necessary to understand something of Napoleon’s life, understand the ideas of The Enlightenment and understand the stage upon which the French Revolution occurred. These are massive and complex topics which can receive only the most cursory of glances in a short essay. Napoleon was born in 1769 on the island of Corsica, which had only belonged to France for a year at the time of his birth. It was an Italian…

With that they joined forces in effort to overthrow Napoleon, and his renewed army, being that Napoleon was returning from recent exile. Napoleon was confined in effort to bring about peace to Europe, in 1814, but he was able to escape and return to France one year late (Wilson, 2015). With Napoleon’s escape, it gave reason for Duke of Wellington to prepare his troops for…