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Second Period Questions
1. Read this statement made by Louis XIV of France and
compare and contrast his attitudes with that of his
Grandfather, Henry IV, Henry of Navarre.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1685revocation.html
2. What were the innovations of the Renaissance artists?
How does Renaissance art compare with Baroque art?
3. Trace the development of the idea of the Czar from Ivan
the Terrible to Peter the Great in Russia.
Third Period Questions
Why is the palace of Louis XIV so significant? What does Versailles represent to you?
Compare the attitudes and actions of the Tudor kings and Queens with those of the Stuart kings towards religion.
Elizabeth I and Ivan the Terrible were contemporaries. Compare and contrast their lives and work.
Fourth Period Questions
Look at the development of the Protestant Reformation from Erasmus's Christian Humanism through the Toleration Act of 1689. What do you think Erasmus would say about the events that transpired?
How are Cesare Borgia and Lorenzo DiMedici responsible for the careers of William Shakespeare, Miguel Cervantes and John Locke and Thomas Hobbes?
How did the Protestant Reformation cause wars in Germany, France and England? Briefly explain the conflicts.
Fifth Period Questions
Compare Thomas Hobbes' paradigm to that of John Locke and explain what political events influenced their work.
Compare the experiences of the nobility in Russia to those of the nobility in England between 1500 AD and 1700 AD.
3. What was Philip II's main interest during his reign? How did
he achieve his goal? Did it have a negative or positive impact on Spain?
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