... and eighteenth centuries, the era that paved the way for the creation of our modern day governments and societies, was an era of political and social revolutions. In response to the new thinking that was sparked by the Enlightenment, Romanticism, the Industrial Revolution and other changes in society ... . The bourgeois saw their chance to voice their complaints about the unbearable mercantilism that hindered their economic success and advance in social and political status. Because of the growing literacy of the middle and even the lower classes, and new technology in printing, the peop...

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... person would cough up blood and die w/in 3 days. The population declined by 40%. Great schism- France and other countries in French political orbit recognized Clement as the pope while the rest of Europe said Urban was. International monastic orders divided into Roman Avignonese camps. Each camp ... support to the Swedish troops in Germany. He wanted to enhance centralized royal power and xpand French influence in the larger theater of Europe. Amended the diet in 1629 by the depriving Huguenots of their political and military rights. He abolished burgundy, dauphine, and province so he co...

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