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Pcf: Voice Of The People, Raisa Vilensky
Pcf: Voice Of The People, Raisa Vilensky
Graduate Program in International Studies Theses & Dissertations
The French Communist Party (PCF) played an instrumental role in giving a voice to a segment of the population that was otherwise poorly represented in democracy. This paper attempts to illustrate the origins of communism in France by drawing on French history to connect a unique and separate branch of thought, beginning with Jean-Jacques Rousseau. From Rousseau's ideals on the evil of private property and his disdain for the rule of law being merely a tool to support the existing ruling class, through the Jacobins of the French Revolution, and continued by the French Socialists of the Nineteenth Century, it …
The Rhetoric And Reality Of Famine In Early Modern Europe, Karen Russell Adams
The Rhetoric And Reality Of Famine In Early Modern Europe, Karen Russell Adams
History Theses & Dissertations
Famine in early modern Europe was a reoccurring phenomenon that caused stress on individuals and their societies. In most historical accounts of famine, authors have placed emphasis on either the physical aspects of starvation, including studies of famine victims, both live and post mortem, or the disastrous effects of such crises on demographics. On occasion, a researcher has instead probed the accounts of famine left behind by its victims. This essay is an attempt to correlate famine narratives with the biological aspects of starvation.
In order to blend the physical and social aspects of famine, this researcher has investigated three …
The Renascence Of Classical Thought And Form In The Carolingian Period, Sara James Laster
The Renascence Of Classical Thought And Form In The Carolingian Period, Sara James Laster
Institute for the Humanities Theses
The political stability established under the rule of Charlemagne (768-814) was conducive to the flourishing of the simultaneous resurgence of art and learning. Inspired by the achievements of the Roman Empire, Charlemagne wished to give his subjects a feeling of spiritual unity, a sense of continuity with the past, and an enhanced intellectual life. The classical intellectual tradition is traced from ancient times to the Carolingian present to demonstrate that classicism was a continuum. The thesis examines the classical tradition in the intellectual life of the Carolingian period, its conscious rejuvenation in the figurative arts, and its manifestation in the …
French Diplomacy In Italy, 1450-1463, Mary Jane Callahan
French Diplomacy In Italy, 1450-1463, Mary Jane Callahan
History Theses & Dissertations
This thesis examines the intricacies of the diplomatic policies of the French in the Italian states of Naples, Milan and Genoa in the middle of the fifteenth century. The particular emphasis concerns French activity with regard to claims in Naples and Milan and control of Genoa during the latter years of the reign of Charles VII and the first two years of his son, Louis XI. The Kingdom of Naples was claimed by Rene of. Anjou, brother-in-law of Charles VII, as the named successor of the Neapolitan queen, Joanna II. Charles of Orleans, another brother-in-law, claimed the Duchy of Milan …