... some changes and improvements as the Americans did because of all the speed and power their movement had acquired which was necessary to break the chains of the states and the kings absolute power in the beginning. As the Americans tumbled forward from step to step, the French and Irish were rushing forward, all three somehow quite uncontrolled. The difference is, that the French and the Irish knew what they ... be done. SOCIAL SITUATION: Again, I will begin with the English situation, the English society before 1688. Society in England was based on a strict hierarchy. The king at the t...

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... economic interest in woolen trade w/Flanders. Later the war involved a succession dispute over the French crown itself. The war strengthened the powers of the French crown. Major problem was that British territory was held by the English kings. Machiavelli- his writings reflect the condition of Italy during his time. In 1498 Machiavelli became a prominent official in the gov't of the Florentine republic. He wrote the Prince which was a handbook for tyrants ... Lutheranism. In Luther's theology he didn't believe that humans could be saved in the performance of good works. Humans should h...

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