Louis XV of France

To a large extent the ideas of Montesquieu heavily influenced the French Revolution because his theory of separation of powers, which largely attacked the nobility, was adopted by the National Assembly in 1789. Although Baron Montesquieu belonged to the French aristocracy he strongly criticised the ancien regime in his early eighteenth century writings. Dunn (2003) and The American Political Science Review (1984) argue that his attacks were rather subtle, as he was an expert in the use of…

was too late to reverse the vengeance towards the upper classes that had built up because of the economic hardships the former had endured. One might wonder how such a vast economic gap could form in a European society of the time. The society in France, however, had been flawed for a very long time. The country’s deficit spending had simply finally…

the reign of King Louis XVI, the French revolted against the monarchy and the systematic way society had been run until this point. The third order could no longer tolerate the neglect from the first and second orders and acted out to change the way the orders were represented. This was the first act in the chain of events leading up to the revolution in France in which the people sought radical change from the society they had known. The revolutionaries planned for a new France and a new…

lasted 116 years with breaks in between each battles. The Hundreds’ Years War started in 1337, it was many different battles for control for parts of land in France. It ended in 1453, during the period of the war for sixteen years, a peace treaty was signed between France and England in 1389. But shortly after in 1415, King Henry V invaded France. During this time, military tactics and weapons furthered. Longbows and Foot Soldiers became popular. For these new weapons and armies, the taxes were…

tell you about the lifestyle and money management of the king, and why would this register have been made public? King Louis XVI and his wife Queen Marie Antoinette were liberal with their spending and poor at money management and therefore were seen as selfish and greedy by the citizens of France. Their lavish, and extravagant lifestyle distanced them from the reality of France. This register would have been made public to shame the King and Queen. Who are the three people in this painting and…

Through learning about the French and the Russian Revolutions, it is proved that these revolutions shared many similarities when it comes to phases and characteristics of the revolutions themselves. The pre-revolutionary French government, similar to the Russian, was an absolute monarchy. Which means that the King shares the power with no one else beside himself and God. The Estate-General was one major cause of the French Revolution. The people of the French society were broken up into three…

excuse for King Edward to declare himself King of England and of France. One important detail of this decree to point out is that it is stated that not only does the king agree upon his new title but that “all the prelates and magnates and commons of the shires of England, assembled in this present parliament, with the assent of the whole parliament.” Agree that the King of England now has the right to also call himself the king of France. The last significant detail this record reveals is how…

in his thirties he began to be more active in public events, he was soon elected as the leader of the Jacobins and he became popular because he was defending the poorest people of France. He began to encourage people to help him attack the government and on the monarchy. People in higher estates saw him as threat to France but people who were considered outlaws (which took…

The hundred years war Started when Charles the IV of France died in 1328 without an heir and Edward the III of England claimed the right to the kingdom of France. He made this claim through his mother. The French did not want a foreign king ruling over them so they went to war proclaiming Philip the VI of France as the new king. The French proclaimed Salic law which was where women could not transmit the right to rule or transmit the right to rule to their sons. This was established by King…

found the extent to which Louis XIV was an "absolute" monarch to be fairly broad. Not only was the absolute power in politics, but he also at absolute control of the military, and even some aspects of religious freedoms and practices. I think that with all these added together, it's fair to say that he was an absolute monarch. There are multiple examples of how he had control of politics, religious freedoms and the military. The best place to start is the beginning; where Louis XIV assumed…