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recourses, a possibility that is now closed as the State can officially expulse everyone from the area. Concerned farmers, some residents and the more recent activists who joined the struggle have used a large variety of methods. They occupied the current Nantes airport in support of its unionized workers with activists disguised in clowns. They organized blockades and demonstrations at several places in the region notably using tractors, sometimes, in the hundreds to maximize disruption. Tractors have even

Dr Herbert Vere Evatt Dr Herbert Vere Evatt was born on the 30th of April 1894 in East Maitland, NSW to parents publican John Evatt and his wife Jeanie Evatt. “Bert” as he was nicknamed, was the fifth of eight sons. John, Bert’s father died when Herbert was seven leaving him to play a major role in the upbringing of his three younger brothers. Evatt attended Fort Street High School, Sydney as a boy, and then in future he attended the University of Sydney.”Dr. Evatt” as he was now known graduated

PART ONE Compare/Contrast: 3 paragraphs (Choose ONE): 20% 1. Compare and contrast the Edict of Milan (313) with the Edict of Nantes (1598). In what ways are they similar and in what ways are they different? Explain the similarities and/or differences between the two edicts, paying close attention to the texts as well as the specific historical circumstances in which they were composed. The Edict of Milan in 313 was declared by Emperor Constantine and Licinius. This declaration called for toleration

he didn’t want a powerful advisor and then started to change history. Louis had the longest reign in European history of 73 years. King Louis XIV distrusted the Protestants and everything they stood for. Because of that, he revoked the Edict of Nantes and

provide an argument to support that the similarities of the kingdoms should be more heavily stressed. France was set up for absolute monarchy by King Henry IV. Henry’s ambitions neutralized the clash between Catholics and Protestants, in the Edict of Nantes. Before Henry’s assassination, he had created a financial surplus in the kingdom. Next in line for the throne was Louis XIII, Henry’s son, but he was too young to rule, so Cardinal Richelieu had control over the kingdom. He limited the political privileges

ruled in different ways, they all made important changes to the country they ruled. One monarch who made a positive impact on their country was Henry IV of France. One example of how he positively changed France was issuing the Edict of Nantes. The Edict of Nantes was a very important document at the time. It gave the Huguenots certain rights that they previously did not have. The Huguenots were French Calvinist Protestants, and many of the wealthy families were Huguenots. This originated from the

In the course of the seventeenth century, there were many political and religious conflicts within Europe. These struggles affected countless nations across the continent, but almost none were as troubled as France due to the years of religious wars fought out within their territories, which caused widespread chaos in their lands. Both, the upper and lower class citizens were exhausted by these conflicts and were supportive of a new style of government. In attempt to maintain the integrity and stability

In the introduction to The Fabrication of Louis XIV, Peter Burke expresses his ambition to write a study of Louis XIV 's public image as a whole and the changes it underwent throughout Louis 's reign. This book examines the relation between art and power and the official structures responsible for making – fabricating – the image, or more appropriately, the images of Louis XIV, as well as their contemporary reception. As the title suggests and as Burke himself reminds the reader, the book as a whole

believe that people can’t be left to produce and buy whatever they want in a free market. How was the revocation of the Edict of Nantes justified in the document you read? In the document, it stated that since Huguenots were such a minority in France, after Louis the fourteenth had expelled hundreds of thousands from France, it was legitimate to repeal the Edict of Nantes, which had granted some

On April 30, 1598 the Edict of Nantes was granted by King Henry IV of France. It gave the Calvinists Protestants of France rights in a nation that was still in Catholics control. In the Edict of Nantes, King Henry IV tried to promote civil unity. The Edict had separated the religious from civil unity and treated some Protestants for the first time like humans. The Edict had marked the end of religious wars that had afflicted France in the 16th century. Then later in October 1685 came the Revocation