Louis XII of France

The mere percent of the population of France, which is the first and second estate pays no taxes and lives of luxury through the obscene amounts of taxation they forced upon the third estate. Thus, around two percent of the population lived life in luxury while the other 98% suffered to make…

Dear Mr. Timothée: My name is Maria Pascual, and I work for the Federal Lawyer Executor (FLE) located in, 68 Rue des Archives, Paris, France 75003. I am the internal lawyer in charge of the investigation of the person responsible to remit to the estate the cost of Marie’s funeral expense. I am contacting you because I found you to be most morally responsible for Marie’s death. Taking away someone's life and especially an innocent human being it is horrible, it is a barbarity, and it is inhuman…

King Louis XIV of France’s reign is one of the most frequently studied models of absolutism we analyze in history today. Absolutism is the “theory of the state in which the unlimited power of the king under God is emphasized” (Sivers et. al., 574). Many roles of absolutism were demonstrated during his time in power in attempt to improve France. These roles include controlling the nobles, unifying the country and extending state authority at home and abroad. Versailles was King Louis XIV’s…

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,…

State-General. In his speeches he gave he referred to himself as a merchant and ardently defended the rights of the Third Estate, which he was there to represent. Somewhat later in his life time he became one of the directors of the Banque de France or in English the Bank of France. His library with wide ranging information enabled his daughter to than educate herself while at home. In time, both of Sophie's sisters would marry successful men, but her own future, which she never had neither…

each other. As the French Revolution progressed the visual images changed to fit the status of the revolution and show the effects it was having on each estate. After assisting the American Revolution in order to get back at their British rivals, France found their country in bankruptcy. The French government began to tax the people; however the nobility estate was considered privileged and resisted the taxes.…

On July 14th, 1789, the fortress built in the late 1300s to protect Paris during the Hundred Years’ War, was being attacked. The revolutionaries who stormed the Bastille prison were mostly store owners and craftsmen, who also happened to be residents of Paris. The Third Estate recently urged the king and demanded that the common people had more of a say in the French government. They were anxious that he was preparing the troops for an attack. In order to get weapons, armor, and other supplies,…

everyone in France. The lower class was undermined, and tens of thousands of innocents lost their lives. But what caused all this chaos? Research shows that many factors contributed to the rise of disappointment and frustration among the lower class. These factors, which led to the enlightenment of the people, include many political, social, and economic circumstances, most of which had occurred long before the young King Louis XVI came to the throne. The ongoing economic problems France was…

rococo? Rococo development of the eighteenth century was focused in France, however spread all through Europe. It is characterized by decorative, elegant design and more of a influence for the decorative arts. Rococo design embraced complex, organic patterns, gilding, embellishing painting, and a palette of light, pastel colors. What was a paris salon? It was the official art show of the Académie des Beaux Arts in Paris, France. Between 1748– 1890 it was the best yearly art occasion in the…

for if they did vote by head the third estate would have the advantage over the other two estates. They held meetings and elected deputies to write down their grievances, by doing this they thought the king would solve all their problems, but then France experienced a food shortage. During this time many of the poorest people went hungry as prices rose, and because high unemployment rates they were not able to work in the textile factories, so they used it to fight back. When the Estate…