because when this castle was purchased by Catherine de’ Medici in 1560‚ she forced Diane de Poitiers to exchange Chambourg with Chenonceau. Another castle is Chenonceau. Thomas Bohier built this castle. When Bohier died it was given to François I as money because of a dept he had with the king at the time. When Henri II got his turn to stay at the castle‚ he gave it to his mistress‚ Diane de Poitiers. She was forced out of the castle and was replaced by Catherine de’ Medici. The castle of Versailles
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Millais in 1871. The first portrait by Dmitry levitzky is called Nelidova‚ Ekaterina Ivanovna who she is the daughter of Lieutenant Ivan Dmitrievich Nelidov. She was raised in the Smolny Institute for Young Ladies and was noticed there by Empress Catherine II‚ who made her a maid of honor to the Grand Duchess Maria Feodorovna‚ later Empress‚ whose husband Emperor Pavel I. She was sincerely attached to him‚ although their relations were never intimate. She was able to influence Pavel I‚ preventing some
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In Catherine II accession to the throne‚ she had increased the number of serfdom which lead to the Pugachev Rebellion in 1773 to 1774. This rebellion was led by a man name Emelian Pugachev who claimed to be Peter III. In this rebellion‚ Pugachev promised the peasants freedom to the lower levels of the Russian society. The rebellion was eventually put down by Catherine II’s military. Catherine II rational to put this rebellion down was the lies Pugachev
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Mary Catherine Bateson’s story on “Composing a Life Story” allowed me to realize that due to experiences I have become a unique person. I am one person however I have many different versions of myself. I have to become a different version of myself for each environment that I enter into. Indeed it almost sounds like I have multiple personality however that is not the case. When I am at home I must be the loving‚ caring‚ nurturing women who cares for the household‚ her child‚ and all that is involved
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In 1572 Admiral Gaspard II de Coligny supported a war that the French king‚ Charles IX‚ was going to approve. Fearing the Admiral was having an increasing amount of influence on her son and the dislike of him from the Catholics‚ Catherine de Médicis supported the Roman Catholic house of Guise plan to assassinate Coligny. This would then lead to St. Bartholomew’s Massacre that started August 24‚ 1572. Tensions had already been high in France since the early 16th century concerning religion
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References: Cuda‚ Amanda. January 24‚ 2010. Study: Juvenile mediation cuts repeat offenses. Retrieved from: http://www.newstimes.com/local/article/Study-Juvenile-mediation-cuts-repeat-offenses-335216.php An initiative supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Knowledge Brief December 2011. Can Risk Assessment Improve Juvenile Justice System? Retrieved from: http://www.nysap.us/Knowledge_Brief_Can_Risk_Assessment_Improve_Juvenile_Justice_Practices.pdf The City of Pleasanton. October
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point tobacco was not used recreationally‚ but as a medicine‚ or hallucinogen during religious ceremonies. The Europeans began using tobacco as a medicine until around 1560 when it began to be used recreationally. In 1561 the Queen of France (Catherine de Medici) declared it be called Herba Regina‚ which means the Queens Herb. Tobacco was introduced to England in the 1580s‚ and by the early 1600’s had spread all across Europe. In 1642 tobacco was officially legal tender. Debts‚ marriage licenses
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St B | What were the Immediate Causes of the Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre? | Document Sources 15‚16‚17‚18 | | Travis Bontorin | 10/24/2012 | The immediate causes of the Saint Bartholomew’s day massacre‚ 1572 using the sources from Barbara Diefendorf’s “The Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre‚ A Brief History with Documents. | Since the Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre there has been a great deal of controversy over the causes and blame of the historic crisis. Any religious dispute
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Millais in 1871. The first portrait by Dmitry levitzky is called Nelidova‚ Ekaterina Ivanovna who she is the daughter of Lieutenant Ivan Dmitrievich Nelidov. She was raised in the Smolny Institute for Young Ladies and was noticed there by Empress Catherine II‚ who made her a maid of honor to the Grand Duchess Maria Feodorovna‚ later Empress‚ whose husband Emperor Pavel I. She was sincerely attached to him‚ although their relations were never intimate. She was able to influence Pavel I‚ preventing some
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My Life at Catherine Hall: When I came to this school‚ I was in the fifth grade. At first‚ I didn’t like it at all. I got in trouble to much‚ and that was the main reason I didn’t like it here. Through fifth grade I was not a good student‚ had bad grades‚ and had too many levels to count. By sixth grade‚ I was starting to mature and wasn’t getting bad grades as often‚ but I was still getting in trouble. By seventh grade‚ I was getting good grades and barely got into trouble. I think the main reason
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