1. The French Revolution
... its authority. During the late eighteenth century an ideology accentuating reason, freedom, and the sovereignty of the common man grew in direct opposition to the accepted dogmas of absolutism and divine right of the monarchy. As illustrated within the three aforementioned quotes, the divergent depth between these two philosophies of government created a void, one, which would ultimately lead to the French Revolution ... contrast to this new enlightened movement stood the anciently entrenched regime of absolute monarchy, as depicted within the Duke of Brunswick's aforementioned quote in...
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