Philip I of France

Cultural history has taken a turn from a boring old traditional history that examined the intellectual and artistic history, to a new exciting cultural history that is more relevant than ever. In What is Cultural History Now written by Miri Rubin, we look at the cultural turn in history that is best examined from an anthropological view and how the symbols and meanings in history can show us a more broad slow moving context of what was really happening at this time. With input from other…

architect, inventor, and student of all things scientific. He is known as “a Renaissance man”. While he was great at all of these he is possibly the most famous painter of all times. He was born on April 15, 1452 in Italy and died on May 2, 1519 in France. Only 15 of Da Vinci’s painting are known to exist as his own, some of the most famous include: Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, The Baptism of Christ, Adoration of the Magi, and Medusa. Leonardo had 16 step/half siblings, but none of them were his…

Despite being politically conquered by France, Algeria was still able to preserve their culture within their own homes. Although France attempted to prevent Algeria from continuing the practices of their culture by creating laws that were meant to set the people of Algeria to how they wanted them to be, they were unsuccessful in conquering a culture that did not see in them the purifiers that the French thought they were. For France, they took complete control of Algerian government, and annexed…

scattered showers and winds from S to E. The Palais Royal belonging to the Duke of Orleans; it was a palace with shops and cafes that people visited for entertainment, shopping, eating and to watch interesting people. From the looks of the photo, I consider over 100,000 people would be able to congregate here in fair weather. Camille Desmoulins was very inspirational, rousing, and appealing person that could move any crowd. Camille Desmoulins, an ambitious French journalist and politician,…

hundred men to secure these guns. Murat and his men made it to Sablons at one in the morning. There he fought off a group of rebels trying to steal the guns they needed to bring to Napoleon. By six o clock that same morning Murat had returned with the very cannons that Napoleon would use in the Infamous ‘Whip of Grapeshot’. Because of Murats bravery and determination Napoleon would offer him the chance of a life time. Right before Napoleon left on his first campaign he asked Murat if he…

farming wouldn’t be the only choice with education. Napoleon gave the men of France a chance to succeed in life even if they were born into the middle-class. He was man who believe that this was the most important to shape the nation, by molding the young into great professions. Although Napoleon was a man who made laws for youth to get education, this was only for the males. He was a sexist. Something I do not agree with, I believe in equality. However it is understandable that he didn’t…

eventually crown himself emperor of France and begin and expansion that would conquer much of Europe. Napoleon was majorly influenced by the French Revolution, for he would use the influence and create a revolution of his own. Napoleon accomplished a great empire through his military dictatorship, but he would also establish such reforms as reinstating the Catholic church as the official church in France, institute the Code Napoleon which would bring religious freedom to France, and establish an…

Napoleon was a brilliant leader who had great dreams for progressive change. He was a general, who quickly rose to power overthrowing the directory. He set up a new government, eventually taking complete power, becoming the new emperor of France. During the French Revolution, Napoleon's role is complicated because he ended the revolution, causing a new one. As an emperor, he conserved the ideal parts of the revolution while also adding new reforms that posed great benefits for citizens. During…

Napoleon Bonaparte was a very important man back in the 1800’s. He was one of the world's best military strategists. What is extraordinary is that Napoleon crowned himself emperor. Napoleon was the first Frenchman to have the title of an emperor for more than 1000 years! He was Corsican-born. On May 18,1804, Napoleon declared himself emperor, and made Josephine (his wife) empress. Napoleon was 35 years old when he crowned himself emperor. He was going to crown himself emperor in the Notre…

Napoleon Bonaparte is broadly viewed as one of the best military commandants ever. At the stature of his energy, he had "extended the victories of France from her progressive fringes to that of a realm that extended from Spain to the steppes of Russia."In his book The Napoleonic Wars, noted student of history Gunther Rothenberg states that Napoleon "made the best armed force of now is the right time, changing the craft of war itself." While doubtlessly the French armed force under…