History 334 Dr. D.A. Shafer
Midterm Fall 2001
Identifications
EIGHT of the following will appear on the midterm exam.
You will be expected to IDENTIFY, EXPLAIN and DISCUSS
the HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE of FIVE of the eight.
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rentes
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architecture under Francis I
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humanist movement
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Montmorency
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Marie de Medici
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Parlements
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Edict of Beaulieu (1576)
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Catholic League
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Duke de Luynes
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raison d'état
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intendants
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Edict of Nantes and its revocation
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noblesse de robe
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War of the Spanish Succession
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Jean-Baptiste Colbert
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politiques
Essays
One of the following essays will appear on the exam.
What's one of the crucial ingredients of a good essay?
Repeat after me: O-R-G-A-N-I-Z-A-T-I-O-N (and, of course, content mastery).
Remember, ANALYSIS goes much further than simple descriptive narrative.
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Discuss the issue of citizenship in 16th
and 17th century France:
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how did citizenship factor into the policy of the politiques
during the Wars of Religion?
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in what respects was religious conflict integral to competing
conceptions of citizenship? how were appeals to citizenship used as a device
to transcend religious conflict?
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how did conceptions of citizenship change at the end of the
sixteenth-century?
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what was the impact of the growth of the absolutist state
under Louis XIV on French citizenship?
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On page 100, Le Roy Ladurie states, "The Fronde was
not a single movement [....]"
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Discss the goals of Parlement magistrates,
the noblesse d'épée (under the direction of the Prince
de Condé) and townspeople during the Fronde;
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To what extent could the Fronde be characterized as a posthumous
revolt against policies initiated by Richelieu? To what extent was it a
revolt against Mazarin?
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What factors accounted for the collapse of the Fronde?
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What was the impact of the Fronde on Louis XIV's conception
of kingship?
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Image was integral to the development, dissemination and
acceptance of models of political authority. Assess how the following
affected monarchial authority in the ancien régime:
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the Herculean metaphor as it related to the noblesse de
robe and noblesse d'épée;
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evolving literary conceptions of the relationship between
the monarch and his subjects during the 16th century;
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the construction and cultivation of Louis XIV's image.
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Between the reigns of Francis I and Louis XIV, the French
monarchy went through fits and starts as it expanded its authority. In
this essay, you should consider how the following factors promoted and/or
impeded the expansion of royal authority between 1515 & 1715:
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foreign wars
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the Reformation
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regencies
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relations between the nobility and the monarchy