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A Day With Friedrich (23d July, 1779.)
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- Written by: Thomas Carlyle
- Category: Classic E-texts
Have you ever wondered what a typical day was like for a monarch of the 18th century? Find out by examining this document from Thomas Carlyle's History of Friedrich II of Prussia.
The Eastern Reliance
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- Written by: Rick Brainard and Byron Thorson
- Category: Economics
Discover how the opium trade became such a problem for the Orient during the 18th century—co-authored by Byron Thorson.
Pope Pius VI and the French Revolution
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- Written by: Rick Brainard
- Category: French Revolution
The radical nature of the Civil Constitution of the Clergy, and The Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen, caused Pope Pius VI, to condemn them in February 1791. This was the opening move by the Roman Catholic Church against the excesses of the French Revolution and the radical liberalism it produced. This church offensive would continue throughout the 19th century.
The 1755 Lisbon Earthquake
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- Written by: Rick Brainard
- Category: General
The first modern disaster was the Lisbon earthquake of 1755. Modern because it was the first disaster not attributed to the supernatural, but to the natural and it was the first disaster involving a coordinated state disaster relief.