
Creating a Statesman: The Early Life of Prince Clemens von
... controversial. As such, it is these modern biographies that are most useful in understanding the early life of Metternich, and whose even-handed, honest, and detailed investigation of their subject is best followed in future studies such as this. Ultimately, all Metternich biographers must start at ...
... controversial. As such, it is these modern biographies that are most useful in understanding the early life of Metternich, and whose even-handed, honest, and detailed investigation of their subject is best followed in future studies such as this. Ultimately, all Metternich biographers must start at ...
global history and geography
... Print your name and the name of your school on the lines above. Then turn to the last page of this booklet, which is the answer sheet for Part I. Fold the last page along the perforations and, slowly and carefully, tear off the answer sheet. Then fill in the heading of your answer sheet. Now print y ...
... Print your name and the name of your school on the lines above. Then turn to the last page of this booklet, which is the answer sheet for Part I. Fold the last page along the perforations and, slowly and carefully, tear off the answer sheet. Then fill in the heading of your answer sheet. Now print y ...
CHAPTER 21: The French Revolution and Napoléon
... Tried to end violence by ending feudalism, outlawing tithes, canceling dues and services of peasants The Declaration of the Rights of Man – basic human rights and political powers, applied to men only Men are born equal, freedom of speech, press, and religion All men have right to public off ...
... Tried to end violence by ending feudalism, outlawing tithes, canceling dues and services of peasants The Declaration of the Rights of Man – basic human rights and political powers, applied to men only Men are born equal, freedom of speech, press, and religion All men have right to public off ...
The Fall of the Bourbon Throne, 1848
... that France in reality, became one nation under one king.l7 Obedience, not as that given to one chosen as first among equals, but, of obedience to absolute power became the prerogative of kingship. Though the nobles may have been a disintegrating force in building the nation at this time, there were ...
... that France in reality, became one nation under one king.l7 Obedience, not as that given to one chosen as first among equals, but, of obedience to absolute power became the prerogative of kingship. Though the nobles may have been a disintegrating force in building the nation at this time, there were ...
Study Guide for The Religious Wars
... 10. Which French king was responsible for the Edict of Nantes? The Edict of Nantes gave certain civil rights to which religious group in France? What privileges were granted by the Edict of Nantes? 11. Which French king developed the new class of royal officials, the Nobility of the Robe? Who were t ...
... 10. Which French king was responsible for the Edict of Nantes? The Edict of Nantes gave certain civil rights to which religious group in France? What privileges were granted by the Edict of Nantes? 11. Which French king developed the new class of royal officials, the Nobility of the Robe? Who were t ...
Presentation Plus!
... Louis XVI and told him how their children were starving. -At the crowd’s insistence, the royal family returned to Paris, escorted by thousands of women with pikes. -As a goodwill gesture, the king brought along flour from the Crown’s storerooms. “Let them eat cake!!!” -The royal family was virtually ...
... Louis XVI and told him how their children were starving. -At the crowd’s insistence, the royal family returned to Paris, escorted by thousands of women with pikes. -As a goodwill gesture, the king brought along flour from the Crown’s storerooms. “Let them eat cake!!!” -The royal family was virtually ...
vce 3 /4 revolutions
... French Revolution between July and August 1789. 37. Using three or 4 points, explain how Necker’s Compte Rendu in 1781 contributed to a revolutionary situation by May 1789. Provide evidence to support your answer. 38. Using three or four points explain how political responses made by Louis XVI from ...
... French Revolution between July and August 1789. 37. Using three or 4 points, explain how Necker’s Compte Rendu in 1781 contributed to a revolutionary situation by May 1789. Provide evidence to support your answer. 38. Using three or four points explain how political responses made by Louis XVI from ...
French Revolution
... institutions • Ideas reached many people, despite censorship • Convinced people how bad their conditions were • Proposed course of action • Had vision of better world ...
... institutions • Ideas reached many people, despite censorship • Convinced people how bad their conditions were • Proposed course of action • Had vision of better world ...
First draft - Göran Therborn
... rather than territorial states and the centres of the latter, were often the main sites of both power and wealth, and regularly the latter: Florence,Venice, Genua, Lübeck, Augsburg, Nuremberg, Antwerp, Amsterdam are, perhaps, the most famous examples. Among European capitals today, London is unique ...
... rather than territorial states and the centres of the latter, were often the main sites of both power and wealth, and regularly the latter: Florence,Venice, Genua, Lübeck, Augsburg, Nuremberg, Antwerp, Amsterdam are, perhaps, the most famous examples. Among European capitals today, London is unique ...
The French Revolution
... demanded bread and marched to Louis’ palace in Versailles – Wielded pitchforks and sticks – Guards not able to hold them back – Louis agrees to go to Paris with his family ...
... demanded bread and marched to Louis’ palace in Versailles – Wielded pitchforks and sticks – Guards not able to hold them back – Louis agrees to go to Paris with his family ...
Rethinking the French Revolution and the `Global Crisis - H
... on 3 September, formally ending the American War of Independence and recognizing the new United States of America. We do not know whether the great man responded to the young provincial lawyer’s defense of a lightning conductor, but we do know that Robespierre was only one of many in France’s social ...
... on 3 September, formally ending the American War of Independence and recognizing the new United States of America. We do not know whether the great man responded to the young provincial lawyer’s defense of a lightning conductor, but we do know that Robespierre was only one of many in France’s social ...
Revolutions: What is a revolution?
... For the French Revolution it is vital that you understand the sequence of events that lead up to the end of the Monarchy and the establishment of the Republic Sept 21, 1792. This date ends Area of Inquiry 3. There is a PowerPoint ‘End of the Monarchy’ that has all of this in it. Here the King action ...
... For the French Revolution it is vital that you understand the sequence of events that lead up to the end of the Monarchy and the establishment of the Republic Sept 21, 1792. This date ends Area of Inquiry 3. There is a PowerPoint ‘End of the Monarchy’ that has all of this in it. Here the King action ...
F ren ch R ev F ren ch R e vo lutionlution
... France was in turmoil. Suspicions generated by the political crisis had aggravated the discontent aroused by the failure of the harvest and exceptionally severe winter in 1788. Subsistence crisis had arrived again, the price of bread rose beyond the reach of a common man. Wholesalers and bakers ofte ...
... France was in turmoil. Suspicions generated by the political crisis had aggravated the discontent aroused by the failure of the harvest and exceptionally severe winter in 1788. Subsistence crisis had arrived again, the price of bread rose beyond the reach of a common man. Wholesalers and bakers ofte ...
DUE: Friday, Sept
... Speaker A: I do not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it. Speaker B: Government has no other end, but the preservation of property. Speaker C: Man is born free, with God given natural rights 15. Which historical period is best represented in the ideas ex ...
... Speaker A: I do not agree with what you have to say, but I’ll defend to the death your right to say it. Speaker B: Government has no other end, but the preservation of property. Speaker C: Man is born free, with God given natural rights 15. Which historical period is best represented in the ideas ex ...
946 MODERN WORLD HISTORY FROM AD 1500: CONSOLIDATION OF THE MODERN WORLD HIS2C02
... des lois. Where Montesquieu had understood freedom as being unconstrained and unimpeded in doing what one chooses to do so long as it is lawful, Rousseau defined freedom as ruling oneself, living only under a law which one has oneself enacted. On Rousseau's philosophy of freedom, there was no questi ...
... des lois. Where Montesquieu had understood freedom as being unconstrained and unimpeded in doing what one chooses to do so long as it is lawful, Rousseau defined freedom as ruling oneself, living only under a law which one has oneself enacted. On Rousseau's philosophy of freedom, there was no questi ...
FRANCE: ANCIEN REGIME TO NAPOLEON c.1715
... The nature and composition of the Ėmigrés. Centres should compare the ways in which the social composition of émigrés both changed and remained the same. The first wave of émigrés in the early years of the revolution comprised of wealthy nobles and members of the royal family. Centres should explain ...
... The nature and composition of the Ėmigrés. Centres should compare the ways in which the social composition of émigrés both changed and remained the same. The first wave of émigrés in the early years of the revolution comprised of wealthy nobles and members of the royal family. Centres should explain ...
auguste comte and sociology
... A.Comte offered an account of social evolution account, proposing that society undergoes three phases in its quest for the truth according to a general 'law of three stages'. The idea bears some similarity to Marx’s view that human society would progress toward a communist peak. This is perhaps unsu ...
... A.Comte offered an account of social evolution account, proposing that society undergoes three phases in its quest for the truth according to a general 'law of three stages'. The idea bears some similarity to Marx’s view that human society would progress toward a communist peak. This is perhaps unsu ...
Money, money money Part II: Crises and Change—1774
... The government had increased taxes, but was also forced to borrow money. When it turned out that the government could not repay its loans, it declared it would only pay back part of what it promised. (This is known as “writing off” debt.) Other countries were not confident in Franceʼs future and of ...
... The government had increased taxes, but was also forced to borrow money. When it turned out that the government could not repay its loans, it declared it would only pay back part of what it promised. (This is known as “writing off” debt.) Other countries were not confident in Franceʼs future and of ...
Napoleon Reversing the French Revolution. HIST 3000 (Chicago
... opinion was created and, “ Politics was no longer the private concern of the Monarch and his personal retinue, [ . . .] a new political space had been created and politics became part of public life.”23 This was all reversed when Napoleon came to power, he took away popular sovereignty and made hims ...
... opinion was created and, “ Politics was no longer the private concern of the Monarch and his personal retinue, [ . . .] a new political space had been created and politics became part of public life.”23 This was all reversed when Napoleon came to power, he took away popular sovereignty and made hims ...
World History Curriculum Map Unit 7
... armory. The National Assembly wrote Declaration of Rights of Man (all men are entitled to equal rights) and a constitutional ...
... armory. The National Assembly wrote Declaration of Rights of Man (all men are entitled to equal rights) and a constitutional ...
Topic - East Irondequoit Central School District
... a. National Assembly pushed on with its work (creating reforms) b. Clergy and nobles accepted some reforms because they feared what might happen if they did not c. August 4, 1784 - feudal dues and tithes had ended {The people followed & accepted this declaration: the king did not} **** Declaration o ...
... a. National Assembly pushed on with its work (creating reforms) b. Clergy and nobles accepted some reforms because they feared what might happen if they did not c. August 4, 1784 - feudal dues and tithes had ended {The people followed & accepted this declaration: the king did not} **** Declaration o ...
The French Revolution - Erie School District
... 1. Feudal assembly that represented the Three Estates • Had only met twice: 1302 (its inception) & 1614. 2. 1788-89 excitement swept over France on the eve of its very first election. 3. “Cahiers de doléances”: Each estate was instructed to compile a list of suggestions and grievances and present th ...
... 1. Feudal assembly that represented the Three Estates • Had only met twice: 1302 (its inception) & 1614. 2. 1788-89 excitement swept over France on the eve of its very first election. 3. “Cahiers de doléances”: Each estate was instructed to compile a list of suggestions and grievances and present th ...
Changes in European Society 1500
... •In the middle of 1793, many people were concerned about the course of the Revolution. •Counter Revolution developed - revolution against a government that was established by a revolution. •Reign of Terror - a series of accusations, trials, and executions that created a wave of fear throughout the ...
... •In the middle of 1793, many people were concerned about the course of the Revolution. •Counter Revolution developed - revolution against a government that was established by a revolution. •Reign of Terror - a series of accusations, trials, and executions that created a wave of fear throughout the ...
French Revolution Review 2013 option
... Describe the events surrounding the Fall of the Bastille. What were some of the reforms of the National Assembly? Describe how the power of the church was weakened significantly in this phase. Describe the attempted escape of the king in some detail and why this is a turning point in the Rev ...
... Describe the events surrounding the Fall of the Bastille. What were some of the reforms of the National Assembly? Describe how the power of the church was weakened significantly in this phase. Describe the attempted escape of the king in some detail and why this is a turning point in the Rev ...
Germaine de Staël

Anne Louise Germaine de Staël-Holstein (French: [stal]; 22 April 1766 – 14 July 1817), commonly known as Madame de Staël, was a French woman of letters of Swiss origin whose lifetime overlapped with the events of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic era. She was one of Napoleon's principal opponents. Celebrated for her conversational eloquence, she participated actively in the political and intellectual life of her times. Her works, both critical and fictional, made their mark on the history of European Romanticism.