Ever since the line of British monarchs began in 1066 with William the Conqueror‚ a monarch and a royal family have been in place to watch over Great Britain. Monarchs from hundreds of years ago had power over everyone and they merely had to state what they wanted and it was done for them‚ however crazy a request. For example Henry VIII could just say ‘cut his head off’ and it was done without really much thought. Though‚ over the centuries: the role and importance of a monarch has largely decreased
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sympathiser‚ and Louis hoped that he could negotiate with the Assembly from a position of military power. However‚ on route to their escape‚ they were caught at Varennes and taken back to Paris. This failed escape marked the inevitable downfall of the Monarchy and the divisions of Royalists and supporters of the Revolution‚ which ignited the war against Austria and were the main fought over factors. The people saw Louis attempted escape as treacherous. Many radicals supported a petition to remove the
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The Man in the Iron Mask Part One: Political Climate Divine Right of Kings: This was a belief held by most monarchs of Europe‚ including Louis XIV. Divine Right was a political and religious doctrine of absolutism‚ the idea that a given king was ordained by God. No one could question him‚ for questioning the king was questioning God. A king=s actions‚ policies‚ and efforts were without just consequence by his subjects. Incident One: Raoul‚ Athos= son‚ and Christine enjoy a spring day
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A democracy is when the common people are considered as the primary source of political power. Although democracy and absolutism had advantages and disadvantages‚ democracy was a more effective type of government for it limited royal power and protected the rights of the people socially‚ politically‚ and economically. Throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries‚ tension arose between the two different types of governments‚ the democracy and absolute monarchs. The enlightenment was a great
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Some historians have focused on a Three Kingdoms Approach in the 17th century. Explain how this has contributed to our understanding of the mid 17th century crisis. What are the strengths and weaknesses of this approach? The Three Kingdoms approach has strengths such as a wide variety of areas that can be used as sources as well as weaknesses such as a possibility to be more focused on Scotland and Ireland. However‚ it seems that the approach may also not be very useful depending on your focus
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The term ‘Tudor revolution in government’ was coined by Sir Geoffrey Elton in 1953‚ and describes the belief that administrative reform in Tudor England in the 1530s was so momentous‚ that it amounted to revolutionary reforms. Elton claimed that‚ during the Henrician era‚ government evolved from that of a medieval one‚ to a bureaucratic modern one and that the main motivation behind this was national sovereignty. In Elton’s proposal of this concept‚ he placed prominence on Thomas Cromwell’s role
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Question: To what extent was Louis XVI personally responsible for tlie fall of the monarchy in 1792 ? “ What is the Third Estate? Everything. What has it been in the political order? Nothing‚ What does it want to be? Something.” This slogan published by Abbe Sieyes in January 1789‚ provides an overview of the grievances of the ‘third estate’ thatled to the outbreak of the French Revolution. Although France in 1785 faced economic difficulties‚ mostly concerning the equitability of taxation‚ it was
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The French Revolution had shown that this typica aristocratic behaviour could have catastrophic results‚ and so caused fear for the monarchy despite the heavy loyalism in Britain. The crisis showed the weakness of Pitt’s position‚ as with the King no longer in the political equation‚ Pitt’s grasp on his position rapidly declined. It was essential for Pitt that he held the kings support
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During the time of the river valley civilizations‚ Sumer and Egypt each had revolutionary political structures. Although both of them had a monarchy and were ruled by a king‚ they differed in the amount of power the king held. Although the king of Sumer held immense power‚ the king of Egypt was in control of every aspect of the Egyptian government. Sumer and Egypt both created the standard for governments in the Neolithic Era with their comparable political structure. Although Sumer and Egypt
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Document Based Question European monarchs in the seventeenth and eighteenth century viewed themselves as absolute rulers‚ or kings and queens that believed that they controlled everything within their state’s borders. The people that were ruled by the absolute rulers believed absolutism had a different aspect than was being used by the kings and queens. This practice is known as absolutism. The people that were being ruled and the ruler or absolute monarch viewed the role of the absolute ruler differently
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