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    Abbot Suger of Saint-Denis(1081-1151) helped define and 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

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    represent himself as an absolute monarch due to many stylistic choices this particular style has that would enable him to get his power across more effectively than any other style. Most noticeable of all aspects of the Baroque style is the amount of detail and stuff in the painting. Textures make the fabrics look like real velvet and silk that are way more expensive than other types of cloth. Realism that the Baroque style employs helps reinforce the power of an absolute monarch by portraying King

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    Note that when we talk about an absolute temperature, we write ºC, but when we talk about a change in temperature, we write Cº. Thermal Equilibrium Put a hot mug of cocoa in your hand, and your hand will get warmer while the mug gets cooler. You may have noticed that the reverse never happens:

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    Absolutism Vs Democracy

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    absolutism and democracy? A ruler leads with a firm hand to keep their citizens under its power. A ruler’s duty is to protect the citizens right and freedoms. Absolutism is the political doctrine and practice of unlimited, centralized, authority and absolute sovereignty, is vested especially in a monarchy or dictatorship. A monarch’s authority to govern should be limited by the people, because natural rights need to be protected, citizens need to be allowed to speak freely, and the law should promote

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    not chosen by the people of the nation. This form of government is known as absolute monarchism which was practiced since the beginning of the middle ages till this day (Pope Francis, Vatican City). When it comes to a monarchy, it is composed of an individual(s) (king or queen) who reigns till his death and has a divine right appointed by God to be the ruler. The divine right was a doctrine that plead in favor of absolute monarchism, which means that the power of the rulers came by God’s authority

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    For many years, people such as Louis XIV and Peter the Great set the boundaries of what people today know as Absolutism. But during the eighteenth century, a new form of this before set ruling was implemented. Called Enlightened absolutism it arrived during the Scientific Revolution. The Enlightened despots differed from their “unenlightened” predecessors because the new, enlightened despots put the needs of the state first. They also did not believe in and did not talk about the divine right of

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    Absolutism is a political system in which a King or Queen has absolute power over a country. This ruler also controls the political system, taxes, laws and every aspect of society. An absolute monarch can also believe in divine right. This is the belief that God gave power to the monarchs to be a God on earth. An example of these types of rulers are Louis XIV, who ruled for 72 years, Ivan the Terrible who ruled from 1530 to 1584, and Peter the Great who ruled from 1682 to 1725. Peter the Great was

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    Absolutism Dbq

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    government to the reigning monarch of France. Absolutism was brought to fruition by the likes of monarchs and noblemen such as Louis XIV and was backed by the idea of the right to rule by divine intervention. The theoretical basis for the idea of absolute royal authority in France was the idea of the right to rule by divine intervention. This was the idea that “....by means of the Scriptures that monarchical government comes from God….He chose hereditary monarchy as the most natural and most durable

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    King Louis Xiv Dbq

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    centuries brought up the proposition of an absolute monarch, this is a ruler with total power over a country or territory. The idea of kings being chosen by God, or the divine right of kings, lead to absolutism, which was seen throughout Europe. Monarchs could be tyrants, they could take away the rights of their citizens. Monarchs could also be prosperous, improving their country economically, military, or gaining foreign alliances. Europe's absolute monarchs left the 16th and 17th centuries prosperous

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    Chemical Reaction Lab

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    Finding the Ratio of Moles and Reactants in a Chemical Reaction Objective The objective of this experiment was to find the mole ratios of the reactants and products for the chemical reaction, without being given the products. Neda Samya Emma & Nisha Fri. 09/11 Procedure 1 I measured the temperature of NaCIO solution and “solution B” (using the same thermometer; temperature of solutions were equal). Then recorded my data in the table. 2 I poured 5.0 ml of NaCIO into a Styrofoam cup and then

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