<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7788491787519094821</id><updated>2011-04-21T12:50:50.120-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Western Civilization II</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wc112.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7788491787519094821/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wc112.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Anne Good</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16467782929894980195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>7</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7788491787519094821.post-852863741379350422</id><published>2007-03-13T20:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-03-14T06:46:09.680-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Industrial Revolution</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Age of Industrialism&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-"... an industrial revolution, a revolution which at the same time changed the whole of civil society."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-manual labor to mechanized production &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-machines powered by inanimate energy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;James Hargreaves&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-"Spinning Jenny" (1768)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5041621284843318706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/Rfdv2M8ibbI/AAAAAAAAALk/YFNrNMNC_yw/s400/spinningjenny2a.jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Richard Arkwright&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-Water frame (1769)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-Thomas High&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-factory system&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/RfdwQs8ibcI/AAAAAAAAALs/9vgVR8cclwQ/s1600-h/water_frame_2.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5041621740109852098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/RfdwQs8ibcI/AAAAAAAAALs/9vgVR8cclwQ/s400/water_frame_2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt; &lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5041620584763649426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/RfdvNc8ibZI/AAAAAAAAALU/Ociw0ydRgQ8/s400/manuwframe_tn.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Samuel Crompton&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-Water Mule: combined power of the water frame with fineness of the Spinning Jenny (1779)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/Rfdvoc8ibaI/AAAAAAAAALc/p5bc-47evK8/s1600-h/SCrompton.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5041621048620117410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/Rfdvoc8ibaI/AAAAAAAAALc/p5bc-47evK8/s400/SCrompton.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Edmund Cartwright &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-power loom&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5041619657050713442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/RfduXc8ibWI/AAAAAAAAAK8/ph4VnmWAyr8/s400/cartwrightloom.jpg" border="0" /&gt; James Watt&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-launched the age of steam power (1769)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-John Wilkinson: precision parts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-Matthew Boulton: mass-produced parts for the engine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/"&gt;http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Luddites&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Workers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/Rfdu7c8ibYI/AAAAAAAAALM/xY9zOLrRBZM/s1600-h/IMfactory.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5041620275526004098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/Rfdu7c8ibYI/AAAAAAAAALM/xY9zOLrRBZM/s400/IMfactory.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/RfduoM8ibXI/AAAAAAAAALE/5tR7Pfoimfw/s1600-h/factory_system.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5041619944813522290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/RfduoM8ibXI/AAAAAAAAALE/5tR7Pfoimfw/s400/factory_system.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Optimists vs Pessimists&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cottonopolis = Manchester&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/Rfdt-c8ibVI/AAAAAAAAAK0/hlPaIQcZV7A/s1600-h/600manchester3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5041619227553983826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/Rfdt-c8ibVI/AAAAAAAAAK0/hlPaIQcZV7A/s400/600manchester3.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7788491787519094821-852863741379350422?l=wc112.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wc112.blogspot.com/feeds/852863741379350422/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7788491787519094821&amp;postID=852863741379350422' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7788491787519094821/posts/default/852863741379350422'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7788491787519094821/posts/default/852863741379350422'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wc112.blogspot.com/2007/03/industrial-revolution.html' title='Industrial Revolution'/><author><name>Anne Good</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16467782929894980195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/Rfdv2M8ibbI/AAAAAAAAALk/YFNrNMNC_yw/s72-c/spinningjenny2a.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7788491787519094821.post-9138865298303029139</id><published>2007-02-25T19:19:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-02-26T06:08:24.210-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-Military genius&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-"Whiff of grapeshot"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-Campaigns in the Mediterranean&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-Consulship 1799&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/ReJTiisbYFI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/FKdeHztDHX0/s1600-h/napoleon.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035679186247442514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/ReJTiisbYFI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/FKdeHztDHX0/s400/napoleon.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-1804 crowned Emperor with his wife, Josephine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/ReJTYysbYEI/AAAAAAAAAKI/MGaY3Teb6lw/s1600-h/coronation.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035679018743717954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/ReJTYysbYEI/AAAAAAAAAKI/MGaY3Teb6lw/s400/coronation.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Did Napoleon uphold the Revolution or squelch it?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-Code Napoleon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-Education&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-Infrastructure&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-Concordat of 1801&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/ReJTMysbYDI/AAAAAAAAAKA/AO3eI87i6SY/s1600-h/T067814A.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035678812585287730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/ReJTMysbYDI/AAAAAAAAAKA/AO3eI87i6SY/s400/T067814A.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Wars from 1803 onwards&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-extremely successful&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-defeats: Peninsular War and Russia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/ReJSqSsbYCI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/0gVFjFl-Ofg/s1600-h/goya146.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035678219879800866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/ReJSqSsbYCI/AAAAAAAAAJ4/0gVFjFl-Ofg/s400/goya146.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/ReJSVSsbYBI/AAAAAAAAAJw/3y1LOFmAG80/s1600-h/napoleon_retreat_moscow.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035677859102547986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/ReJSVSsbYBI/AAAAAAAAAJw/3y1LOFmAG80/s400/napoleon_retreat_moscow.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Elba&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-"The One Hundred Days"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-Duke of Wellington&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/ReJSIysbYAI/AAAAAAAAAJo/JirtsV5s_2k/s1600-h/duke-wellington-600.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035677644354183170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/ReJSIysbYAI/AAAAAAAAAJo/JirtsV5s_2k/s400/duke-wellington-600.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Battle of Waterloo, 15 June 1815&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/ReJR8ysbX_I/AAAAAAAAAJg/j7dEBHt6tx8/s1600-h/538px-Waterloo_campaign_map.png"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5035677438195752946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/ReJR8ysbX_I/AAAAAAAAAJg/j7dEBHt6tx8/s400/538px-Waterloo_campaign_map.png" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-St. Helena&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7788491787519094821-9138865298303029139?l=wc112.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wc112.blogspot.com/feeds/9138865298303029139/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7788491787519094821&amp;postID=9138865298303029139' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7788491787519094821/posts/default/9138865298303029139'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7788491787519094821/posts/default/9138865298303029139'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wc112.blogspot.com/2007/02/napoleon-bonaparte-1769-1821.html' title='Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821)'/><author><name>Anne Good</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16467782929894980195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/ReJTiisbYFI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/FKdeHztDHX0/s72-c/napoleon.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7788491787519094821.post-1124262470601934023</id><published>2007-02-18T18:51:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-02-19T06:22:56.821-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The French Revolution</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;The French Revolution - an all-consuming event.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5033074775885690882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/RdkS16ClOAI/AAAAAAAAAH8/4H6gh___jA8/s400/louis-xv-1-sized.jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Louis XV - Absolutism; conspicuous consumption&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5033074574022227954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/RdkSqKClN_I/AAAAAAAAAH0/w9MwexK7fYs/s400/Louis_XVI.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Louis XVI - Absolutism; perceived as progressive&lt;/span&gt; &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5033075265511962642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/RdkTSaClOBI/AAAAAAAAAIE/L0vHdyLjI3c/s400/VLB13.jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Marie Antoinette - Natural Woman; modern marriage&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Triggers of revolution:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-financial crisis&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-calling of the Estates General in 1787&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-culture of criticism escapes censors&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5033081845401860178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/RdkZRaClOFI/AAAAAAAAAJE/dSeUCQ4kKvU/s400/fr+rev+peasant+load.jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Estates General meets in May 1789&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-Voting issue&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-Abbe Sieyes: "What is the Third Estate?"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Becomes the National Assembly&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-Tennis Court Oath, June 1789&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/RdkTsqClOCI/AAAAAAAAAIM/svBPEwZzDH4/s1600-h/jdavid8.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5033075716483528738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/RdkTsqClOCI/AAAAAAAAAIM/svBPEwZzDH4/s400/jdavid8.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-People's militias form&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-Storming of the Bastille, 14 July 1789&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5033081690783037506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/RdkZIaClOEI/AAAAAAAAAI8/VCNPS4ZlL-0/s400/fall_of_the_bastille.jpg" border="0" /&gt; -Abolishment of the feudal regime, August 1789&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-"Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;-Church lands confiscated, 1790&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5033075995656402994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/RdkT86ClODI/AAAAAAAAAIU/DRiaj1rSROI/s400/L116decl+of+rights.jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Who governs France now?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-Louis XVI attempts to flee France in 1792&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-September Massacres&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-Vendee&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-Attacked by other European countries&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-Jacobins versus Girondins&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-Maximillien Robespierre&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-Louis XVI and his queen are beheaded in 1793&lt;br /&gt;-Reign of Terror lasts to 1794&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5033081995725715554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/RdkZaKClOGI/AAAAAAAAAJM/OC9iHMmu51U/s400/louis16-execution.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/RdkSI6ClN-I/AAAAAAAAAHs/K8sHx9BSY20/s1600-h/robespierre.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5033074002791577570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/RdkSI6ClN-I/AAAAAAAAAHs/K8sHx9BSY20/s400/robespierre.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/RdkR56ClN9I/AAAAAAAAAHk/vFxFUKfGzqw/s1600-h/rousseaurev.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5033073745093539794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/RdkR56ClN9I/AAAAAAAAAHk/vFxFUKfGzqw/s400/rousseaurev.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-Change everything&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-Cult of the Supreme Being&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/RdkRSKClN8I/AAAAAAAAAHc/hkEhk2WirpQ/s1600-h/euh06040festsupbeing.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5033073062193739714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/RdkRSKClN8I/AAAAAAAAAHc/hkEhk2WirpQ/s400/euh06040festsupbeing.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7788491787519094821-1124262470601934023?l=wc112.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wc112.blogspot.com/feeds/1124262470601934023/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7788491787519094821&amp;postID=1124262470601934023' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7788491787519094821/posts/default/1124262470601934023'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7788491787519094821/posts/default/1124262470601934023'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wc112.blogspot.com/2007/02/french-revolution.html' title='The French Revolution'/><author><name>Anne Good</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16467782929894980195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/RdkS16ClOAI/AAAAAAAAAH8/4H6gh___jA8/s72-c/louis-xv-1-sized.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7788491787519094821.post-6011991654745468707</id><published>2007-02-11T18:42:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-02-11T18:57:55.535-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Catherine the Great of Russia</title><content type='html'>&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Enlightened Despotism&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Czar Peter the Great (1682-1725)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;-modernization of Russia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;-Europeanization&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;-driven by military reforms &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/Rc_W1qClN6I/AAAAAAAAAG0/wnYoGI5DQqc/s1600-h/YRC1977_01.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5030475526102661026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/Rc_W1qClN6I/AAAAAAAAAG0/wnYoGI5DQqc/s400/YRC1977_01.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt; Catherine the Great (r. 1762-1796)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;-German princess&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;-married to Peter III in 1745&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5030476020023900082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/Rc_XSaClN7I/AAAAAAAAAG8/MAf05tpG1EM/s400/levic1.jpg" border="0" /&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;"An autocracy, which good and philanthropic qualities in the Sovereign, ruling autocratically, do not check is an evil."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;-Strengthening absolutism&lt;br /&gt;-Russian nationalist&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;-pursued aggressive foreign policy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/Rc_We6ClN5I/AAAAAAAAAGs/DlJ902TzJpw/s1600-h/women181.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5030475135260637074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/Rc_We6ClN5I/AAAAAAAAAGs/DlJ902TzJpw/s400/women181.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;-Why "enlightened"?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;-new law code for Russia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;-issues the &lt;em&gt;Nakaz&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;Instruction&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;-reforms&lt;br /&gt;-Diderot&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5030473163870648162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/Rc_UsKClN2I/AAAAAAAAAGU/7OWC02_Kl90/s400/CatherineII.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/Rc_V2aClN4I/AAAAAAAAAGk/ng1s502iyZI/s1600-h/NakazAllegory.jpg"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/Rc_VDaClN3I/AAAAAAAAAGc/P5ZiIGGcyeU/s1600-h/ctg-travel.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5030473563302606706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/Rc_VDaClN3I/AAAAAAAAAGc/P5ZiIGGcyeU/s400/ctg-travel.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7788491787519094821-6011991654745468707?l=wc112.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wc112.blogspot.com/feeds/6011991654745468707/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7788491787519094821&amp;postID=6011991654745468707' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7788491787519094821/posts/default/6011991654745468707'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7788491787519094821/posts/default/6011991654745468707'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wc112.blogspot.com/2007/02/catherine-great-of-russia.html' title='Catherine the Great of Russia'/><author><name>Anne Good</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16467782929894980195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/Rc_W1qClN6I/AAAAAAAAAG0/wnYoGI5DQqc/s72-c/YRC1977_01.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7788491787519094821.post-3136892971295680415</id><published>2007-02-04T19:41:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-02-05T06:42:09.810-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Enlightenment of the Philosophes</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Dare to know!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Have the courage to use your own understanding!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Philosophes:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Voltaire, Montesquieu, Diderot, D'Alembert, Rousseau&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-thinkers, writers, publicizers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Francois Marie Arouet = Voltaire (1694-1778)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;- &lt;em&gt;Philosophical Letters&lt;/em&gt; or &lt;em&gt;Letters on England&lt;/em&gt; (1734)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-Wit and sarcasm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-Emilie, Marquise du Chatelet&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5027895328838083602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/RcasKaM9ZBI/AAAAAAAAAFE/V_Otw766tis/s400/voltaire_huber.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/RcatHKM9ZDI/AAAAAAAAAFU/C13ShmPM_i0/s1600-h/echecs_l.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5027896372515136562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/RcatHKM9ZDI/AAAAAAAAAFU/C13ShmPM_i0/s400/echecs_l.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5028056480305996882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/Rcc-uqM9ZFI/AAAAAAAAAGI/RmVQeJ3Ff6E/s400/chatelet.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Salons and coffeehouses become more important sites of discourse than the official academies&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/RcarWKM9ZAI/AAAAAAAAAE8/1SSJa817bdY/s1600-h/jeromack6-26-3.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5027894431189918722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/RcarWKM9ZAI/AAAAAAAAAE8/1SSJa817bdY/s400/jeromack6-26-3.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de la Brede et de Montesquieu = Montesquieu (1689-1755)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-Well-adjusted; happy family&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-&lt;em&gt;Persian Letters&lt;/em&gt; (1721)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-&lt;em&gt;The Spirit of the Laws&lt;/em&gt;, 2 volumes (1748)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/Rcaq9KM9Y_I/AAAAAAAAAE0/YYiywbz5ev8/s1600-h/montesq.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5027894001693189106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/Rcaq9KM9Y_I/AAAAAAAAAE0/YYiywbz5ev8/s400/montesq.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Denis Diderot (1713-1784)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-writer and radical&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-Antoinette Champion, Angelique, Sophie Voland&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-Encyclopedie (1751-1772)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-Jean Le Rond D'Alembert = D'Alembert, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;major collaborator on the project&lt;br /&gt;-change everything&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/Rcap4aM9Y-I/AAAAAAAAAEs/GIsY5L6u3V8/s1600-h/diderot.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5027892820577182690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/Rcap4aM9Y-I/AAAAAAAAAEs/GIsY5L6u3V8/s400/diderot.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5027896767652127810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/RcateKM9ZEI/AAAAAAAAAFc/hyZwTPXxFhI/s400/41-32bfrontisp.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/RcapsaM9Y9I/AAAAAAAAAEk/oZB_dNljsUY/s1600-h/ency1.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5027892614418752466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/RcapsaM9Y9I/AAAAAAAAAEk/oZB_dNljsUY/s400/ency1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-Geneva, Switzerland; Protestant&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-Therese Levasseur&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-&lt;em&gt;First Discourse on the Arts and Sciences&lt;/em&gt; (1750)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-&lt;em&gt;Second Discourse on the Origins of Inequality among Men&lt;/em&gt; (1755)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-&lt;em&gt;Emile, or On Education&lt;/em&gt; (1762)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-&lt;em&gt;The Social Contract &lt;/em&gt;(1762)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/RcapGKM9Y8I/AAAAAAAAAEc/SByb_dvV6jw/s1600-h/Jean-Jacques-Rousseau-1712-78--C11725354.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5027891957288756162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/RcapGKM9Y8I/AAAAAAAAAEc/SByb_dvV6jw/s400/Jean-Jacques-Rousseau-1712-78--C11725354.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5027895938723439650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/Rcast6M9ZCI/AAAAAAAAAFM/V4Wgx7eaCJ8/s400/wollstonecraft.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7788491787519094821-3136892971295680415?l=wc112.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wc112.blogspot.com/feeds/3136892971295680415/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7788491787519094821&amp;postID=3136892971295680415' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7788491787519094821/posts/default/3136892971295680415'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7788491787519094821/posts/default/3136892971295680415'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wc112.blogspot.com/2007/02/enlightenment-of-philosophes.html' title='The Enlightenment of the Philosophes'/><author><name>Anne Good</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16467782929894980195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/RcasKaM9ZBI/AAAAAAAAAFE/V_Otw766tis/s72-c/voltaire_huber.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7788491787519094821.post-9031184822236222258</id><published>2007-01-28T20:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-29T06:59:42.973-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Scientific Revolution</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;The Ptolemaic Worldview&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/Rb16zaM9Y7I/AAAAAAAAAD4/klEgd-epYHA/s1600-h/C8584-2.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5025307782840935346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/Rb16zaM9Y7I/AAAAAAAAAD4/klEgd-epYHA/s400/C8584-2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Nicholas Copernicus (1473-1543)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres&lt;/em&gt; (1543)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/Rb16oqM9Y6I/AAAAAAAAADw/FTItVHYj9cI/s1600-h/copernicus.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5025307598157341602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/Rb16oqM9Y6I/AAAAAAAAADw/FTItVHYj9cI/s400/copernicus.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Johannes Kepler (1571-1630)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;The New Astronomy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-heliocentric universe&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/Rb15l6M9Y5I/AAAAAAAAADo/I5_Hgb2czMI/s1600-h/kepler-1-1000.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5025306451401073554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/Rb15l6M9Y5I/AAAAAAAAADo/I5_Hgb2czMI/s400/kepler-1-1000.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems: Ptolemaic and Copernican&lt;/em&gt; (1632)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-experimental method&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-telescopes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-trial for heresy&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/Rb15O6M9Y4I/AAAAAAAAADg/VU_h8gNb1PQ/s1600-h/galileotrial.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5025306056264082306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/Rb15O6M9Y4I/AAAAAAAAADg/VU_h8gNb1PQ/s400/galileotrial.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/Rb145qM9Y3I/AAAAAAAAADY/MZk_T2eVr9Q/s1600-h/moon.gif"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5025305691191862130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/Rb145qM9Y3I/AAAAAAAAADY/MZk_T2eVr9Q/s400/moon.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rene Descartes (1596-1650)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Discourse on Method&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-"I think, therefore I am."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/Rb14m6M9Y2I/AAAAAAAAADQ/wPfuqyeTAaE/s1600-h/vortex.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5025305369069314914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/Rb14m6M9Y2I/AAAAAAAAADQ/wPfuqyeTAaE/s400/vortex.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isaac Newton (1643-1727)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy&lt;/em&gt; (1687)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-gravity&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-spectrum of light&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;-calculus&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/Rb14A6M9Y1I/AAAAAAAAADI/AJjCLYpgUVs/s1600-h/gravity-newton.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5025304716234285906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/Rb14A6M9Y1I/AAAAAAAAADI/AJjCLYpgUVs/s400/gravity-newton.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7788491787519094821-9031184822236222258?l=wc112.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wc112.blogspot.com/feeds/9031184822236222258/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7788491787519094821&amp;postID=9031184822236222258' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7788491787519094821/posts/default/9031184822236222258'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7788491787519094821/posts/default/9031184822236222258'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wc112.blogspot.com/2007/01/scientific-revolution.html' title='Scientific Revolution'/><author><name>Anne Good</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16467782929894980195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/Rb16zaM9Y7I/AAAAAAAAAD4/klEgd-epYHA/s72-c/C8584-2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7788491787519094821.post-2629917814767445925</id><published>2007-01-22T19:27:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-22T19:52:27.091-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Age of Absolutism</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/RbWDQqM9YzI/AAAAAAAAACE/KOOsop46Ibk/s1600-h/200px-Arcimboldovertemnus.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5023065281631445810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/RbWDQqM9YzI/AAAAAAAAACE/KOOsop46Ibk/s400/200px-Arcimboldovertemnus.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;John Locke (1632-1704)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/RbWCjaM9YyI/AAAAAAAAAB8/gDcn_mTke0o/s1600-h/locke.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5023064504242365218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/RbWCjaM9YyI/AAAAAAAAAB8/gDcn_mTke0o/s400/locke.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Two Treatises on Government&lt;/em&gt; (1689)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/RbWCYqM9YxI/AAAAAAAAAB0/woxWz1IFJcc/s1600-h/2treatises.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5023064319558771474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/RbWCYqM9YxI/AAAAAAAAAB0/woxWz1IFJcc/s400/2treatises.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/RbWCPqM9YwI/AAAAAAAAABs/gnJwmMYJUtA/s1600-h/hobbes2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5023064164939948802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/RbWCPqM9YwI/AAAAAAAAABs/gnJwmMYJUtA/s400/hobbes2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Leviathan&lt;/em&gt; (1651)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/RbWCIaM9YvI/AAAAAAAAABk/zRLHA1LIDwk/s1600-h/hobbes.gif"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5023064040385897202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/RbWCIaM9YvI/AAAAAAAAABk/zRLHA1LIDwk/s400/hobbes.gif" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Cardinal Richelieu&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/RbWB7aM9YuI/AAAAAAAAABc/Jr4jG0qOfRo/s1600-h/Richelieu.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5023063817047597794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/RbWB7aM9YuI/AAAAAAAAABc/Jr4jG0qOfRo/s400/Richelieu.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Louis XIII&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/RbWBwqM9YtI/AAAAAAAAABU/RKe8tjp_33Q/s1600-h/Frans_Pourbus_-_Portrait_de_Louis_XIII_enfant.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5023063632364004050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/RbWBwqM9YtI/AAAAAAAAABU/RKe8tjp_33Q/s400/Frans_Pourbus_-_Portrait_de_Louis_XIII_enfant.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Cardinal Mazarin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/RbWBiKM9YsI/AAAAAAAAABM/0aWMRPwTL8o/s1600-h/kardinal_mazarin.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5023063383255900866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/RbWBiKM9YsI/AAAAAAAAABM/0aWMRPwTL8o/s400/kardinal_mazarin.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Anne of Austria with Louis XIV (reigned 1643-1715)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/RbWBTqM9YrI/AAAAAAAAABE/np-FSq2Eens/s1600-h/anne_baby.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5023063134147797682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/RbWBTqM9YrI/AAAAAAAAABE/np-FSq2Eens/s400/anne_baby.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Louis XIV as a young man&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/RbWBMqM9YqI/AAAAAAAAAA8/_IBUq46is9U/s1600-h/Louis%20XIVa.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5023063013888713378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/RbWBMqM9YqI/AAAAAAAAAA8/_IBUq46is9U/s400/Louis%2520XIVa.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Louis XIV as an old man&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5023066711855555394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/RbWEj6M9Y0I/AAAAAAAAACM/pB77mVQlxbA/s400/01-Absolute_Rigaud_Louis_XIV.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/RbWA-qM9YpI/AAAAAAAAAA0/O5qCRpdjzYE/s1600-h/01-Absolute_Versailles_Hall-of-Mirrors.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5023062773370544786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/RbWA-qM9YpI/AAAAAAAAAA0/O5qCRpdjzYE/s400/01-Absolute_Versailles_Hall-of-Mirrors.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Louis XIV meets with the Academy of Sciences&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/RbWA5qM9YoI/AAAAAAAAAAs/U9qwcMzmcVo/s1600-h/louis3.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5023062687471198850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/RbWA5qM9YoI/AAAAAAAAAAs/U9qwcMzmcVo/s400/louis3.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7788491787519094821-2629917814767445925?l=wc112.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://wc112.blogspot.com/feeds/2629917814767445925/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=7788491787519094821&amp;postID=2629917814767445925' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7788491787519094821/posts/default/2629917814767445925'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7788491787519094821/posts/default/2629917814767445925'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://wc112.blogspot.com/2007/01/age-of-absolutism.html' title='Age of Absolutism'/><author><name>Anne Good</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/16467782929894980195</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp2.blogger.com/_vE8rt6Js9f8/RbWDQqM9YzI/AAAAAAAAACE/KOOsop46Ibk/s72-c/200px-Arcimboldovertemnus.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
