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The French Influence in Quebec City

First established as a fort in 1535 by the French explorer Jacques Cartier, Quebec City is among the oldest European settlements i...

Canada's First French-Speaking Prime Minister/Sir Wilfrid Laurier

Wilfrid Laurie was Canadas first francophone, that is, French-speaking, prime minister in Canadian history ("Wilfrid Laurier Biogr...

The Common Philosophies of the American and French Revolutions

Introduction The period of western civilization that we typically refer to as the Enlightenment spanned the...

Influence of 19th Century Japonisme on French Art

of any type of outstanding art, be it painting, sculpture or any other form, is the ability to hold the viewers gaze, to cause the...

French Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen and Women's Condition Changes

The same situation followed women for much of the next two centuries. It persists today in even the most developed nations; still...

Alienation in The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles

a means by which to divert her true sadness. Her life, as it stands on its own, is considerably lacking of any social connectivit...

Medieval French Literature and Deception

In seven pages this report discusses Middle Ages' French literature in an overview of how deception is thematically developed in T...

The Thirteenth Century French Greyhound St Guineforte

Although the tale of St. Guineforte revolved to a large degree around Christian iconography and teachings, it was condemned by the...

Differences, French, English Gothic Cathedrals

This research paper pertains to the Gothic architectural style and contrasts and compares differences and similarities that exist ...

A Satirical Reflection on French Society: Candide

This essay describes the manner in which Voltaire lampooned eighteenth century society in his satirical novel "Candide." Five page...

Causes of World War I and French Participation in the Conflict

insecurity "swept away all regimes from Vladivostok to the Rhine" (Hobsbawm, 1995, p. 67), which originated in Central Europe. Be...

Aftermath of the 1789 French Revolution

which to maintain the established hierarchy, reasoning that the people should agreed to "submit themselves, their heirs and poster...

Norman Hampson's Arguments on the French Revolution

In six pages this paper discusses Norman Hampson's arguments on the French Revolution. Ten sources are cited in the bibliography....

French Revolution and King Louis the Sixteenth

In 5 pages this paper examines the French Revolution in terms of the contribution made by King Louis XVI. There are 7 sources cit...

Terrorism and Attitudes of the French

In five pages this paper discusses terrorism in terms of French government attitudes. Eight sources are listed in the bibliograph...

Terrorism and the French

In five pages this paper considers terrorism from perspective of the French and their global views regarding terrorism and the gov...

French Historian Georges Duby

In sixteen pages this noted French historian who concentrated on the Middle Ages is examined in terms of his background, qualifica...

French Suites of Johann Sebastian Bach and Dance Patterns

of Johann Sebastian Bach clearly represent the elements of inert expression while, at the same time, project a distinct sense of p...

Louis the Fourteenth's French Provincial Furniture

strips of decorator cloth and solid wooden beams. Indeed, fashioning a true work of interior design is really no different than t...

French School Sport and the Roles of Coaches and Government

In six pages school sport in France is examined in a consideration of the roles played by both coaches and the government. Seven ...

French Artist James Tissot

Although he served in the Franco-Prussian war, he was also accused of being part of the short-lived Paris Commune. Consequently t...

Romanticism's Dark Side and French Poet Charles Baudelaire

In five pages this research paper explores how Baudelaire unlike his Romantic contemporaries Shelley, Wordsworth, and Keats probed...

Comparison of English and French Governments

In five pages this paper contrasts and compares governments of England and France with particular attention paid to the highest of...

Jackson J. Spielvogel on the French Revolution

In five pages this paper examines the French Revolution and its definitive traditions of revolution, reform, and restoration as co...

French Cinema's 'New Wave'

In 5 pages this paper discusses the Nouvelle Vague or New Wave French cinematic movement of the Fifties and Sixties in a considera...

Essays on Absolute Monarchy, the French Revolution, and the Effects of Mechanization on the Working Class

- such as whenever he needed funding for one of the many wars he was fighting. This constant in-fighting between the English mona...

A Comparison Between the British and French Governments

that of Britain. In France, there is the idea that the power is with the people, but in Britain there is a sense that one institut...

The French Revolution: Causes and Effects

century and the first part of the eighteenth century (Lossky 7). Officially, he held Frances throne from the young age of five to...

The French Revolution and Enlightenment

wherein people began to argue that logical and scientific thinking were the answer to lifes questions. It was a form of thought th...

Why the French Withdrew from Vietnam

under French rule" (Vietnam, 2007). The French named the colony "Cochinchina" (Vietnam, 2007). It took them 16 more years to bring...