Louis VI of France

the authority of the Capetian Kings of France in the Twelfth century? France in the eleventh century had been a fragmented land, divided into federal principalities, or mini-states ruled by princes or dukes. Though they recognized the King of France’s authority they did not expect him to exercise it in their individual territories. Feudalism increased the power of these mini-states in the twelfth century, and was the tool used by the Capetian Kings of France to advance their influence and wealth

One of Suger’s first advice was to eliminate the so called robber baron. Louis VI did this in a violent and harsh way but he eventually succeeded. According to one of Suger’s monk, William, wrote the life of his master in the priory of St-Denis (Bradbury 131). It was said: “He was ‘little in body and little in race,’… his great

Elenor of Aquitaine was the wealthiest and most powerful women of the 12 century. She started as the Duchess of Aquitaine, in her own right, to becoming the queen of England and France. In 1122 she was born in Aquitaine, she had a mother and a brother who both died in 1130. Her father, William X was the duke of Aquitaine. He educated her extremely well, she was talented in literature, philosophy, theology, language, diplomacy and was skilled in, what was known as ‘masculine traits’, such as horse

Louis VII was a Capetian King of the Franks from 1137 until his death. He was the son and successor of King Louis IV of France, or most commonly known as Louis the Fat. He was married to Eleanor of Aquitaine, one of the wealthiest and most powerful women in Western Europe. Reigned from 1137 to 1180; b. 1120. The second son of Louis VI and Adelaide of Maurienne. Louis’s education at the cathedral school in Paris prepared him for an ecclesiastical career; however, upon the death of his brother, Philip

Three: Ecclesiastical Breakdown and Revival—The Late Medieval Church • Section Overview o By the latter thirteenth-century, the Roman Catholic Church appeared to be extremely powerful.  Threat of Holy Roman Empire to Rome vanquished  The French king, Louis IX, was an enthusiastic supporter of the Church  Council of Lyons (1274) declared a reunion of the Eastern Church with Rome after the pope sent forces to defend the Byzantine Empire against the Turks (the reunion only lasted seven years) • The Thirteenth-Century

Versailles starts in the small town of Versailles, France. The town is located only about 10 miles from the capital of France; Paris. Louis XIII first took appreciation to the land when he decided to build a small building in the town of Versailles. This building was primarily used by the king and his family for hunting parties and private get-aways for Louis XIII and his family. The building that stood at Versailles got a major renovation when in 1661 Louis XIV decided to turn the quaint hunting lodge

Europe. In order to effectively trace the change in Government in Europe from 1400-1800, going back a little bit is necessary. Feudalism developed around the 8th century, but did not reach Europe really until the 10th century. It began to develop in France, and then spread to Spain, Italy, and later Germany and Eastern Europe. It then extended eastward into Slavic lands to the marches which were

those of King Saint Louis IX of France and Richard Lionheart I of England. Both King Louis IX and Richard Lionheart made significant social, political, and cultural advancements to society by contributing leadership techniques and government systems that were pivotal in the Medieval times, yet very contrasting of each other in their execution. King Louis IX of France was born April 25, 1214 in Poissy, France to the parents of Louis VIII of France and Blanche of Castille. King Louis, commonly known as

“a fashion icon in the Medieval Europe” (Olivia Longueville, 2015). Born the eldest daughter to William X in 1122, France, she was educated in subject that girls weren’t supposed to learn at the time, such as Latin. At only fifteen, Eleanor was inherited the duchy of Aquitaine after William died, and soon after married the heir to the French throne, Louis VI. During her time with Louis, Eleanor accompanied him to Jerusalem on the second crusades. There, along with 300 of her ladies, she tended the

France paid a ransom of 3 million gold crowns for King John II 2. Stage Two: French Defeat and the Treaty of Troyes a. After Edward III died in 1377, England experience domestic issues during the reign of Richard II i. English Peasants’ Revolt (1381) 1.

popularize two things in his lifetime: the Gothic architectural style and the peacekeeping and feudal mission of the Capetian monarchy, which enabled their ascension to dominance in medieval France. Suger has been regarded as the first person to recognize, describe, and analyze the socio-political structure of Capetian France as a feudal hierarchy, a pyramid of tenure with the king at its top (Grant 3). He is also commonly seen as an influential ideologist, a man who glorified the Capetian monarchy. Suger

The France and England have been battling at war from the beginning of time. When Charles IV of France dies leaving only daughters. His sister Isabella of France who was also the the wife of the King of England. She claimed the French throne for her son Edward III of England because he is the closest male relative. However the french nobles favoured Philip VI because they didn't want a foreign king. The One Hundred Years War started in 1337 to 1453 and had many Kings during that time period. England

Absolutism During the pre-Enlightenment period, France and England went through very dramatic and very different government change. At the beginning of this time period, England had achieved relative stability, due largely in part to Elizabeth I long and successful reign. On the other hand, France had been subjected to numerous civil and religious wars, therefore leading to instability. French absolutism was largely a result of these crises and tragedies, with the country recognizing the

The Crisis of France and Talleyrand: Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord (in short, Talleyrand) was born in February 1754 in Paris into a family background of power, ancient nobility, and wealth since his father held a high position in the French Royal army. Since his childhood, Talleyrand suffered from certain physical distortion in the feet that contributed to an impaired physical mobility. As a result, he had some limitations on his possible future career to an extent that he was formally

François Furet viewed the democratic ideas of Enlightenment philosophers as the soul of the revolution. However, and in my opinion most importantly, the revolution was caused by the numerous mistakes made by King Louis XVI, as William Doyle also argues. As argued by William Doyle, King Louis XVI committed a number of mistakes that ultimately led to the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789. Firstly, and as believed by

Eleanor of Aquitaine In an age when men were considered to be superior to women, Eleanor of Aquitaine proved that conclusion wrong by becoming one the greatest queens ever known in history, first as the Queen of France and later as the Queen of England. But many queens during the medieval ages were not able to accomplish what Eleanor did in her lifetime. How did Eleanor become such a powerful queen during the period in which she lived. Eleanor was the eldest of three offspring of William X

The Black Jacobins (C.L.R. James 1938) as analysed from the perspective of D. Scott’s Conscripts of Modernity (2004). To that effect, I shall proceed as follows: (i) I will deliver a succint account of the historical role played by the Jacobins vis-à-vis the interlocution between the Haitian and the French revolutions. (ii) I will compare and contrast James’s discourse and Scott’s meta-discourse on these historical events. I shall do so by drawing upon the metaphor <> as the main figurative idiom

Eleanor's first husband was the son of the king of France, Louis VII. In the short time of knowing each other his father died, and Louis and Eleanor were crowned King and Queen of France. Louis VII was nicknamed Louis the “fat” because he grew so big that he could not bend over and tie his own shoes or mount his horse(youtube.com). Eleanor had the power of a king because Louis did not care for politics, so she found him to be boring. Louis was so into his religion that he did not show her much

prison and fortress located in eastern Paris, France. The 100 foot high 8 towers surrounded by a 80 foot moat made up the Bastille’s infrastructure (The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica). The word Bastille means “stronghold” or “castle” in french (“Bastille”). In the 14th century, the castle was built to defend Paris against the English. In the 17th and 18th centuries Bastille Saint-Antoine became the state prison in the reign of Charles VI, a king of France (Wilde). The kings used the Bastille as a

The French Revolution was a period of great change it France. It was marked with approximately 10 years of extreme political, social and economic change, brought on by a great unrest from the French public, more specifically the third estate. The French Revolution is often deemed as one of the most pivotal moment in Modern European and world history. It is commonly referred as a political revolution with social consequences .It was perhaps one of the most volatile moment in history, historians themselves