Louis VII of France

The Tennis Court Oath Oil painting by Jacques Louis David One of the most pivotal important moments in French History happened to also be a major turning point for the French society now seen today. That moment would be the Tennis Court Oath. The painting shows what appears to be the meeting of which was held June 20, 1789 as the Third Estate of France swore to each other never to disband until the Monarchy adopted a constitution limiting the King’s power for their New Assembly. The Tennis…

ruler holds authority that is only second to the divine being themselves, an absolute monarch is born. Throughout history, Europe has been home to many individuals that helped define the term absolutism and absolute monarchy. Most notably are Louis XIV of France and Peter the Great of Russia during the late 1700s. When examining a ruler’s legacy underneath the premise of absolute monarchy, how nice or how effective of a ruler has no effect. On the contrary, an absolute monarch is defined by the…

is also seen in history during Maximilien Robespierre’s Reign of Terror in 1793, when he was elected to lead the National Convention. After the execution of King Louis XVI, Robespierre and many radicals guillotined anyone they deemed “counter-revolutionary”. In just ten months, forty thousand people were executed. The removal of King Louis XVI’s…

backbone of European history, the French Revolution was an important sequence of events that changed world history with its ideas and outcomes. Before the commencement of the French Revolution, France was in a period called the Old Regime, which was an absolute monarchy ruled by Louis XIV ("The Old Regime in France: Absolute Monarchy."). Traditionally, in the Old Regime, society was broken down into three estates; the clergy (first), the nobility (second), and everyone else (third). The first…

monarchies. England and France had two different types of monarchy. Not all monarchies were constitutional in Europe. At the period of time it was easy to see Absolutism and Constitutionalism as a form of government. Most of the monarchs were men with the exception of England. Two important reigns were in Europe. One was in England with Queen Elizabeth I and the other one was in France with King Louis XIV. He became a King at the age of five. Louis XIV was born to be a king of France. In…

different political parties, “groups that help elect people and shape policies”, with different ideas. Furthermore, it almost caused America to break its neutrality treaty because of Genet’s, a French Diplomat, speeches which encouraged supporters to help France and force Washington to…

started out as a peaceful, for the most part, revolt to have the citizens’ demands met. Then it “escalated at a pace never before seen in history” (602). The Reign of Terror and the Law of 22 Prairial left too many people dead for the world to ignore. France will never be the same because of their actions from 1789-1799. The French Revolution was a watershed moment in European history that changed French society, politics, and international relations for the worst. There were many changes to…

He believed that government is a construct of humans to protect natural rights, therefor when it is not doing its main job as outlined by John Locke then it has overstayed its welcome and needs to be refreshed with a more competent form. In France in 1789 there was a food crisis of massive proportions. A bad year of farming coupled with a boom in population created a food shortage, causing the price of food to rise to a point that families were starving because most of their income was going…

established Hyderabad as an independent kingdom. After his death, his son: Nasir Jung and his grandson: Muzaffar Jung started to fight against each other for the throne, which gave an opportunity to French and English people to enter into Indian politics. France aided Muzaffar Jung while England supported Nasir Jung. Former Mughal territory Carnatic was autonomous, ruled by Nawab Dost Ali Khan despite being under the legal purview of the Nizam of Hyderabad. French and English continued to…

Shakespeare’s Macbeth is a playwright written between 1599 and 1606, at the time of King James I’s reign. During the time period in which King James I ruled England, the “divine right of Kings” doctrine was in place. This was the belief that the king’s rule was God’s will and that the king was the mortal representation of God on Earth. Additionally, it was during this time where religion drove people’s ethics and moral choices, which is why biblical allusions and parallels are often seen in…