France was near bankruptcy in the mid-1780s. Its King offered no solution and became austere and uncommunicative. In 1789, when the situation was rapidly deteriorating, he convened the Estates General, an advisory assembly of different socioeconomic classes including the clergy, nobility, and the...
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Western European countries (Portugal, the Netherlands, France, and Great L’tain) unsuccessfully tried to establish official relations with the Ch’ing Empire in the 17th and 18th centuries. However, they were allowed to trade in Canton. Beginning in the late 18th century the capitalist states o...
Infante of Spain, Duke of Parma, the founder of theHouse of Bourbon-Parma, andLouise Élisabeth of France, the daughter ofKing Louis XV of France. The marriage was intended to strengthen the relationships between the Bourbons ruling in Spain and Parma. The not-...
King Louis XVI of France was a platinum connoisseur and once declared "platinum is the only metal fit for a king". Marc Etienne Janety, the regent's jeweller, fashioned several pieces for the king in the 1780s, including an ornate sugar bowl.AMANDA ELLIS...
In exchange for providing France with a large armed force, Napoleon allowed Friedrich to raise Württemberg to a kingdom in 1805. He formally became King of Württemberg on January 1, 1806, and was crowned that day in Stuttgart. Friedrich quickly left the Holy Roman Empire and joined theCo...
Conquest: The English Kingdom of France, 1417-1450. By Juliet Barker. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2012. Pp. xxi, 485. $29.95.) LW Marvin - 《Historian》 被引量: 5发表: 2013年 NOTES TO THE TEXT : Conquest The English Kingdom of France, 1417-1450 Conquest: The English...
French fur traders established outposts of New France around the Great Lakes; France eventually claimed much of the North American interior as far south as the Gulf of Mexico. The first successful English settlements were the Virginia Colony in Jamestown in 1607 and the Pil- grims' Plymouth ...
remained under the control of Spain. In 1820, a revolt broke out in favor of the Constitution of 1812, and Ferdinand was taken prisoner. In 1823, France invaded Spain intending to restore the throne of Spain to a descendant ofKing Henri IV of France, namely Ferdinand. After theBattle of ...
Originating from the 1780s Henrietta House is a Georgian period townhouse set in the heart of Bath It is a 10-minute walk from Bath Spa railway station... fromGBP 95 Avg. price/night The Balmoral House Hotel 156-157 Sussex Gardens, London, United Kingdom(~2.7 miles from London center) ...