Louis XVIII of France

Pale sea foam softly laps the waterlogged body of three-year-old Aylan Kurdi in an image that crystallized the senseless suffering of thousands of Syrian refugees. Though the photo undoubtedly confronts its global audience with a reality that, oceans away, is easy to passively accept, could a single image really inspire viewers to take progressive action? As ocean levels rise, poverty ravages the third world, and both sexual and racial discrimination run rampant, it seems clear that something…

Philippe Duc D’Orleans, mainly referred to as simply Monsieur, was the younger brother of Louis XIV, the renowned Le Roi-Soleil. Philippe was born on September 21, 1640 at the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye. Philippe was a prominent member of the Bourbon dynasty, and when he was baptized his father, Louis XIII, wanted to give him the title of Count of Artois, however, he followed tradition and bestowed Philippe with title of Duke of Anjou. His life and upbringing was oriented around the…

The first source I will be evaluating in depth is Messali Hadj’s speech, “Fight against French Imperialism!” which was delivered in Algeria in 1928. The origin of this source is valuable because it was delivered by Messali Hadj, who was a well-known nationalist and co-founder of North Africa Star, one of the first Algerian nationalist organizations. Hadj, being one of the first people to create a platform to refute the statutes instituted by the French, would have been a fresh and new voice…

revolution, France needed desperately to amend its policies and appease its enraged people. The reformers of the French Revolution eliminated the absolute power of the First Estate and the Second Estate, and at the same time developed a government elected only by the citizens by a series of political and social acts. Numerous…

rulers in Europe became absolute monarchs. In other words they were kings who believed in the Divine RIght, which was basically the idea that God put them on Earth to rule. These kings did not treat their people very well. For example, King Louis XIV from France was an Absolute Monarch who spent enormous amounts of money on the Palace of Versaille. He lived extravagantly, while many of his people could barely afford food to feed their families. Because of the way these monarchs were ruling their…

François Viète Life François Viète was born on 1540 in Fontenay-le-Comte, Poitou (which is now Vendée), France. His grandfather was a merchant from La Rochelle; and his father, Etienne Viète, was an attorney in Fontenay-le-Comte plus a notary in Le Busseaun.As for his mother, Marguerite Dupont, is the daughter of Françoise Brison. His life growing up there was no complication since he was able to attend school with education opportunities which lead to where is now being famous for being a…

Revolution Timeline May 5, 1789- King Louis XVI convened the Estates General (which had not met in 175 years) to levy a new land tax to hopefully solve his monetary woes, (the French king and country were broke). June 20, 1789- The newly created National Assembly, which was mostly made up of the middle and lower classes of the Third Estate, was going to be shut down by the King, but N.A. declared that they would not disband until they had written a new constitution for France. This also became…

With a name like Ivan the Terrible, it is hard to deny the possibility of Ivan IV reigning as the supreme absolute monarch. Despite his numerous bouts of psychosis and general instability, he was a ruthless ruler who would achieve what he desired by any means necessary, with absolute devotion to his state and his faith. One of the essential qualities of an absolute monarch is obtaining and maintaining full control of the lowly peasantry. Such a task may seem so simple, but without strict…

Kin Louis XVI was the last king of France and the grandson of Louis XV. Louis XVI was born as Louis-August, Duc de Berry: son of Louis, Dauphin of France and Princess Marie-Josephe of Saxony. He was born in Versailles, France on August 23, 1754 and died on January 21, 1793 in Paris, France. Louis XVI became the heir to the throne and the last Bourbon king of France after his father's death in 1765. In 1770, and then he married Austrian archduchess Marie-Antoinette, the daughter of Maria Theresa…

The change of leaders and the type of government was not liked by many people inside and outside of France. Countries outside of France were not only anxious that the rebellion in France will influence their own people’s views on the government, but, they also were related to the royal family that got overthrown. Marie-Antoinette was Austrian; therefore the Austrians were more than displeased with the new rule. Prussia and Austria allied with France’s foreign enemy to revolt against the…