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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"France--History"”.
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Religion and the French Constitution of 1791
The privileged classes in France meant the First and Second Estates, the Clergy and the nobility. Theoretically, all the clergy were privileged. The Church had been part of the feudal system; her bishops, abbots, members of cathedral chapters, and university professors often ranked among the feudal …
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France— Military Causes of Collapse in The West, 1940
"Modern history records few events as stupefying as the defeat and collapse of the French Republic in June 1940. Never has a great military power been smashed as quickly and as inexorably since the lightning war of Napoleon against Prussia in 1806. In less than six weeks one of the powers leading …
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The Diplomatic Relations Between the United States and France 1797 - 1801
… relations between the United States and France had been strained since the Genêt Affair in 1793. They were brought to the breaking point by the conclusion of Jay's Treaty in 1795. The American minister to France, James Monroe, did not defend Jay's Treaty with satisfaction, and President …
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Joan of Arc, Her Imprisonment, Trial and Death
"The fairest things have sweetest end. Their scent survives their close. But the rose's scent is bitterness. To him. that loved the rose."-- Francis Thompson | Those "fairest things" are verified in the life of Joan of Arc, the Flower of Chivalry, The Lady Knight, titles befitting our Maiden Saint. …
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The Suppression of the Benedictine Order in France During the Revolution
… justly so, that there is so little Benedictine history available in the English language. Not enough is written by the sons and daughters of Saint Benedict about the sons and daughters of Saint Benedict. This dearth may be partially explained by the fact that each Benedictine house leads an …
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An American's Paris: tourism and the American consumer, 1947-1961
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Anglo-French Relations and Belgian Neutrality
Public writers, thinkers, and speakers have long held the idea that England's entrance into the World War of 1914-18 was a direct result of the violation of Belgian neutrality. This interpretation of England's motive has been so skillfully foisted upon the public by propagandistic methods that it …
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The 1956 Suez Crisis: A Study in Allied Conflict
… these alliances came the term "Allies." Britain, France, and the United States fought together during the two world wars and fought for a common goal. In the aftermath of World War II the solidarity of the "Allies" showed signs of tension and strain. The outbreak of the Korean War in June 1950 …
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Eighteenth-Century French Oboes: A Comparative Study
… in the middle of the seventeenth century in France, underwent a number of changes throughout the following century. French instruments were influenced both by local practices and by the introduction of influences from other parts of Europe. The background of the makers of these instruments as …
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Réception and Indigenous representation: French colonial theatre in Nouvelle France 1606-1727
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2024-09-16 without embargo terms
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A study of the Parliament of Paris and the other parliaments of France
The subject of the Parliaments of France, so far as I am aware, is treated by no one English author. While frequent allusions are made to the Parliaments in all histories of France, somewhat diligent search has failed to find in any English work an adequate explanation of their origin, their …
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Manifestations of Poland in nineteenth-century French culture
… manifestations of Poland in nineteenth-century France and how perceptions of Poland and Polish people evolved throughout the century. This evolution was a result of political changes in France as well as an increasing awareness and understanding of Poland. The Great Emigration, a migration of …
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Education for revolution: pamphlets and the politicization of French society, 1787-1789
… and later and have neglected in comparison the history of the years immediately preceding the Revolution. This imbalance between our knowledge of the Revolution and what we know of the events that led up to it has distorted our perspectives of the period. Consequently, the discontinuities of the …
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The Nouvelle Cuisine Revolution: Expressions of National Anxieties and Aspirations in French Culinary Discourse 1969 - 1996
… contemporaneous culinary discourse transforms France's fine dining domain into a sort of theatre where national attitudes are not only represented to a socially diverse French public, but where the public itself is invited to participate in this performance of the nation: rehearsing, refining, …
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The formation of the Paris Jacobins: principles, personalities and politics, 1789-1793
<p>This study is an analysis of the development of the Paris Jacobin Club from its origins in 1789 through the <em>coup d'état</em> of May 30-June 2, 1793. In each of the three principal sections of the thesis, the focus is on the dynamic rather than the static quality of the Society; on the …