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King Louis XVI: Tyrant or Man?, 2002.
Examines the book "The King?s Trial" by David Jordan which paints a very convincing portrait of King Louis XVI.
1,039 words (approx. 4.2 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 36.95
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This paper examines the research work by Jordan in which he presents a thorough character sketch of King Louis XVI. Jordan shows how through the role of the king, Louis accurately shows the duality that humans constantly face. Louis is at once a tyrant, and a family man; he is both treasonous and patriotic. Jordan presents both sides of Louis' character, and inevitably proves how important public perception of each side is, in evaluating the whole man.
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"Jordan divides the character of Louis XVI into two distinct parts- Louis the Tyrant, and Louis the Man. Louis the Tyrant is the part of the king that deals with the public?s political perception of him after his acceptance of the constitution. It is this role that was the key focus within the Convention, for it was here that his ?crimes? against the state were examined. The crimes were such that Louis was referred to as a ?determined and devious man bent on destroying the Revolution.? Among his many atrocities he was accused of having ?deliberately obstructed the constitution, instructed his ministers to lie to the Legislative Assembly, sought to bribe deputies, encouraged the emigration of his friends and... tried to reestablish his authority.? This form of public thought came about mostly as a result of the enlightenment, a period of time after which it was acceptable behavior to doubt Medieval ideology. Kings were no longer beings with divine rights, and the laws that they made were no longer seen to be the orders of God. These enlightened ideas were what made criticism of the king possible in the first place. Once illuminated thought made its way into society, people began to realize some of the cruelties that the monarchy had been inflicting upon them. They began to see King Louis as a threat to the nation, not their sovereign leader. This view of him came directly from how he appeared when reigning from his throne. As Jordan makes clear, this is not the only side of his personality."
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King Louis XIV, The Sun King, 2003.
This paper discusses the life and achievements of the great French King Louis XIV.
1,000 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 3 sources, $ 35.95
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The following paper discusses the life of Louis XIV, the Sun King. He was a great monarch who helped in the revival of arts and theatre in the country, some of his major military excursions were also very successful and they came in the first twenty years of his rule.
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?Louis XIV was born in a royal palace in 1638 and was made king at the very young age of five as his father Louis XIII had died. But since the new king was very young to look after the Empire, numerous uprisings were see in the country, the nobles and elites of France tried to create problems and so did the general public. This was period of intense rebellion against the monarchs, and is known in the French history as Fronde beginning in 1648 and ending in 1653.The king who was at a very impressionable age, was disturbed by the insurgencies and this was one thing he never forgot and the threat that the people of Paris had posed was also taken very seriously.?
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The Execution of Louis XVI and Mary Antoinette, 2001.
This paper studies the reasons for the execution of Louis XVI and Mary Antoinette during the French Revolution.
2,675 words (approx. 10.7 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 80.95
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This paper is an historical study of The French Revolution. It discusses the situation in France before the outbreak of the revolution. It details the execution of King Louis XVI and his mistakes that led to it. It studies the failed political system at the time as one of the causes of the revolution. Finally, it also gives a detailed examination of Mary Antoinette's role at the time and why she was executed.
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"The prevailing theory of Divine right of Kings was the philosophy behind monarchy. Earlier, Louis XIV had used the absolute power of monarchy to the extreme. King was God?s representative on earth, and he alone could possess and exercise earthly power. He was always right because he represented and was the incarnation, so to say, of his people.
By the eve of the French Revolution, however, few intellectuals and political leaders accepted idea of the King?s divine right. The situation was compounded by Louis XVI?s weakness as an absolute monarch, though many supported monarchy in the interest of maintaining law and order and continuation of the national tradition. Louis XVI saw himself as the best judge of the people?s good and he tried to do right by them, at least in his own opinion.(<http://www.angelfire.com/ca6/ French revolution 89/bar11.gif>) But to the majority of the people, the King was supposed to be like a father, kind and benevolent. 97% of the population, who were peasants, were fierce monarchists."
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King Louis XIV of France, 2006.
This paper uses the writings of Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon, Jean-Baptiste Colbert and Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu to describe the court of King Louis XIV, absolute monarch of France.
1,825 words (approx. 7.3 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 58.95
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This paper explains that King Louis XIV, who reigned over France from 1643 to 1715, was one of the most infamous absolute monarchs of Europe. The author reports that, in his reign, the powers previously given to the Estates General were made obsolete thus making all of the Kings subjects, regardless of rank, pawns of the ruling dictator. The paper points out that Louis XIV had many critics who disapproved of his absolute power and censured the frivolous manner in which he ruled his court. The author relates that, through Colbert's implicit and careful diplomacy, the secret diary writings of the duc de Saint-Simon and the contrived, fictional letters penned by Montesquieu, the modern reader is presented with an accurate picture of the tensions of the times, the trivialities of the monarchs, and the discontent that was secretly raging behind the absolute monarchy.
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"In the early years of his reign, Louis XIV had as his General of Finances Jean-Baptiste Colbert, who, it can be deduced from his writings, knew just as well as his advisors and mistresses did how to best manipulate the King, as well as provide his negative opinions on the state of the monarchy to the general public without incurring the anger or Louis XIV. Colbert, who in 1664 wished to convince Louis XIV to participate in overseas trade, while also hoping to sway the general public to be of this opinion as well, wrote of the tumultuous state of the monarchy."
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Execution of Louis XVI, 2005.
An analysis of literature on the late eighteenth century and the execution of Louis XVI.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 39.95
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This paper analyzes a letter that is written as if the author were living in the late eighteenth century and a member of the Jacobins. It expands on the the content of the letter and provides a host of reasons for why such drastic means are required for the people and nation of France.
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King Saul and King David, 2006.
An analysis of the leadership of the first and second kings of the kingdom of Israel, King Saul and King David.
2,776 words (approx. 11.1 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 82.95
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This paper compares the leadership styles and abilities of King Saul and King David and explains how they were different as well as why it is King David's reign that is considered the golden era of the Kingdom of Israel.
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"It is almost as if, and maybe there is some reality in it, that Saul had a dual personality. One which could love God with all his heart, but then another that was fanatical enough to kill others for no real reason, or disobey God so radically. One moment he could be proud of David, the next he would be jealous enough to kill him. Today he would be called pathological since he was abnormally defensive and over-reactive. He had the potential to be a great leader one that Israel and Heaven could be perpetually proud but instead he became a terrible figure who died a rejected man at his own hand, a victim of his own self-will."
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?Oedipus the King? and ?Death and the King?s Horseman?, 2002.
An analysis of two literary works, comparing the nature of parenthood as portrayed through the characters of the plays.
1,480 words (approx. 5.9 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 48.95
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This paper examines the relationship of parents and children in Sophocles "Oedipus the King" and Wole Soyinka?s "Death and the King?s Horseman". The writer describes how Sophocles allows Oedipus? theme of parentage full stage in the play, while in Soyinka?s work, Elesin?s son, Olunde, contributes to the plot throughout the play.
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"Although written some two thousand years apart, both ?Oedipus the King? and ?Death and the King?s Horseman? deal with a father?s shame and ultimate fate as a social outcast. One is a king, the other a king?s horseman, yet both are equally men of honor and social standing, bound by customs, cultures, and spiritual beliefs in the afterlife. There are no true villains in either play. The characters are simply human, with human frailties and vanities, but appear good at heart with good intentions. The nature of parenthood is important in each author?s theme. Sophocles?s Oedipus and Wole Soyinka?s Elesin are both fathers who inadvertently cast shame not only unto themselves, but to their children as well. Moreover, both fathers are concerned with the fates and their own personal role in fulfilling their place in this life and the life beyond death. Sophocles?s play centers on Oedipus? parentage, discovering in the end that he has unwittingly killed his own father and committed incest with his mother."
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Rembrandt and Louis XIV: My Two Companions in 1660, 2002.
A comparison of the lives of the Dutch artist Rembrandt and King Louis XIV.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 35.95
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This paper is an historical biography that draws comparisons between the Dutch artist Rembrandt and the King of France, Louis XIV. The emphasis is on the social and political contexts of a particular era (1660) during which these two figures lived.
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The Summoning of the Estates-General, 2003.
An explanation as to why King Louis XVI summoned the Estates-General to meet in May 1789.
1,079 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 37.95
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This paper examines how King Louis XVI, like the other Kings of France before him, governed an absolute monarchy, by his ?divine right? where he was allegedly in sole charge of his sovereign state. It discusses how by 1778, with an increasing pressure from the aristocracy and a worsening financial situation, the King was forced to summon the Estates-General, a representative group of the three orders of French society. It attempts to determine exactly why King Louis decided to allow the Estates-General to be re-called by focusing on the current financial crisis, the aristocratic revolt and the King himself.
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"However, the French aristocracy strongly opposed any attempted reforms. They were unwilling to welcome any strengthening of the royal government as they strongly objected to absolutism (for fear of reducing their power and privileges). As much of the money lent to the government came from the French elite, the royal government had always tried to please them. In 1789, Calonne decided to produce a new government body in an effort to show some sort of national agreement in France, and by doing so attempted to win the aristocracy?s support. He chose not to summon the Estates-General as he felt they were too temperamental, but picked 144 members from the higher estates to form the Assembly of Notables."
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Louis XIV and His Foreign Policy, 2004.
A discussion of Louis XIV's foreign policy and an analysis of whether his foreign policy was a success.
2,086 words (approx. 8.3 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 65.95
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This paper provides an overview of the reign of Louis XIV in France, focusing mainly on his foreign policy and his decision to go to war. The writer looks at how successful King Louis was at expanding his own kingdom and increasing the borders of France, but at the same time, causing economic and political turmoil in his own country.
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Influence on Modern History
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"Louis? previous successes proved to be his undoing - it made him over-confident and roused the whole of Europe against him. The Nine Years War was largely his fault. The War of Spanish Succession added disastrously to the debts already incurred, although France did not suffer territorially. The result was great suffering for the people of France. Whereas in 1680 Paris had awarded Louis the title "Great", news of his death in 1715 was greeted with relief - eloquent testimony to the failures of policy in the second half of his reign. The establishment of the modern frontiers of France was one of Louis great achievements, but the cost was arguably too high for his reign as a whole to merit the title "Great"."
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Philip II and Louis IX, 2002.
A comparison of the leadership, foreign policy and domestic policy of the French kings Philip II and Louis IX.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper compares the achievements of Philip II with that of Louis IX. It will concentrate on three topics i.e. leadership, foreign policy and domestic policy.
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Louis Vuitton, 2006.
A review of the organizational human resource practices of Louis Vuitton.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 35.95
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This paper discusses how Louis Vuitton has a long tradition of professionalism in the consumer goods market. This report summarizes the impact of Louis Vuitton's human resource practices on the organization's ability to keep an effective workforce. It is based on information gathered during an interview compared to writing in the field of human resources. Louis Vuitton has established human resource objectives along with methods applied to reach these objectives. With a workforce of 9,671 employees worldwide; the focus of Louis Vuitton is to effectively promote and market their products.
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"King Henry IV" and "King Henry V", 2002.
Examines fraud, theatricality and politics in Shakespeare's "King Henry IV" (parts one and two) and "King Henry V".
3,930 words (approx. 15.7 pages), 18 sources, MLA, $ 107.95
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The falsification of the audience?s expectations and Hal?s miraculous emergence as a great English king, alongside the Hal-Falstaff relationship out of which the future king?s identity is gradually constructed, are the main critical puzzles in most studies of the William Shakespeare's "King Henry" series. The paper examines concepts of fraud and politics in parts one and two of "King Henry IV" and in "King Henry V". It discusses notions by literary critics such as Stephen who claim that Hal is one of Shakespeare?s most Machiavellian characters. The paper argues that Machiavelli?s Prince is not sufficiently cruel or sophisticated to be ranked with Prince Hal, despite the fact that Falstaff?s cry for help, voiced in his paradoxical accusation that the Prince has corrupted him, seldom succeeds in inverting the audience?s impression that Falstaff is Hal?s misleader.
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"The concept of necessity, as it arises from the morality-patterned Phychomachia, reinforces providentialist notions, an idea first advanced by Tillyard but in a rather different context. Religious providentialism fuses the personal and political domains and Hal?s borrowing from the theatrical and diachronic anthropological deposit causes the interweaving of theatrical illusion with politics, thus displaying their common structural patterns. The fusion of religion, politics and theatre culminates in Hal?s gradual conversion to virtue, which is at once a milestone in Hal?s allegedly privileged relationship with God, a major political event, and a stock trick of Elizabethan drama."
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Louis Riel, 2006.
An analysis of the public viewpoint of the sentencing of Louis Riel.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 2 sources, $ 53.95
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This paper discusses the capture, trial and sentencing of Louis Riel. The paper discusses the public viewpoint on his sentencing, expressing the view that there is little evidence of intelligent reasoning. The paper suggests that those who do not wish to see Louis Riel hanged protest that he is a champion for the half breeds and native people of the Northwest whose heritage is being degraded and stripped away by the Canadian government.
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Joe Louis: "The Brown Bomber", 2002.
This paper considers the life of Joe Louis in a way that relates American history with its chosen heroes.
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 5 sources, $ 89.95
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This paper identifies that Louis was a hero to many groups of people for different reasons: For white people, he represented the achievement of an individual; for the African-American class, he represented a black man who made it into popular culture, who found himself playing all sides of race for different reasons. The author stresses that Louis remained personally committed to his own roots and extended unlimited generosity towards the poor and black people of the States.
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