Henry’s unusual toleration of the Huguenots caused trouble for the native Catholics in France and angered Pope Clement but this toleration would somewhat prevail in the Edict of Nantes because of what the nation and the two factions suffered prior to its creation. The Edict of Nantes not only granted successions to both sides but they were far fairer to the Huguenots including the granting of their civil rights, the rights that they lost in the Edict of Boulogne. The Edict of Boulogne was a slap in the face for the Huguenots as it segregated them from modern society, permitting them to only preach in the towns of La Rochelle, Mountauban and Nimes and even with that, only in their own homes. No
In his speech before the National Convention, he claims the Church calendar to debase nations and persuades people that a new calendar is a must for every Frenchman. However, Romme is biased towards the production of a new calendar, clearly shown, because he is head of the calendar reform committee (Document 2). The “Institution Concerning the Era of the Republic and the Division of the Year” also supports the new calendar. This document not only looks at the calendar from an intellectual level, but also considers the economy. It claims a new calendar will soon be needed for commerce and the trades, and arts and history.
This issue has been debated before, and since there was so much hostility in the world the French government has decided to make it an official law. A poll was conducted before the regional elections, and 60-70% voted in the favor of the new law. Muslims as well as other religious groups will be affected with this new law, and some of them are the Jewish groups, Sikh’s, and any other religious groups expressing themselves with any kind of symbols. Political View: The government is trying to make everyone equal, and having the same laws and rules of everyone in France. In passing of this new law the French government has regarded the headscarf as a symbol of oppressing women, and as the embodiment of political worldview that has rejected secularism.
Britain also saw a significant rise in immigration from its colonies after World War Two as people from Asia, Africa and the West Indies took advantage of their right to settle in the United Kingdom. Britain adopted a different approach to the French in recognising the cultural diversity of its population, recognising that differences in cultures do exist and that they should be respected. However, many people in Britain argued that cultural diversity was leading to the destruction of British culture and traditions and led to rising racial tensions. Like in France where racial tensions led to rioting in the cités, Britain suffered rioting in 1981 in Brixton in London and Toxteth in Liverpool. Immigrants in France accused the police of repression in immigrant communities.
Ryan Lerner The French Revolution is widely regarded as one of the most bizarre times in the history of the world. One of the most bizarre occurrences from this movement came with the adoption of a new French calendar. With the French movement, the phrase, “liberty, equality, and fraternity” became increasingly important. However, the adoption of the revolutionary calendar actually undermined all three of these values. While this calendar may have seemed very logical, promoting religious and social reform, it actually did much more harm than good.
The French firmly believe in the separation of church and state, which has led to fear of organized religion influencing the actions of its people. When you combine this with the recent terrorist attacks blamed on fundamental Islamism the French have a distrust of their own Islamic citizens and immigrants. Many government officials who are also elitist within France fuel this distrust. What Giry is suggesting is that Islam has very little
Assess the view that secularisation has been a feature only of modern European societies (33) Secularisation is a concept in which there are deep and controversial debates about what it is and how it can be measured. Wilson identified secularisation into three aspects which are: religious beliefs, religious practice and religious institutions. Religious beliefs are referred to as the influence of religion on people’s values and beliefs. Religious practice are the things that people do to carry out their religious commitment and religious institutions is to what extent religious institutions have maintained their social influence in wider society. Secularisation is the decline in the influence of religion but there are a lot of other ways that it can be defined also.
By this Winthrop means that the populace of America, as well as the rest of the world, will be watching them. There would be many negative opinions as their controversial moves are very different from those of societies in the past and not what is expected of people under their current social rules and guidelines. He tells them that if their society succeeds they will show the entire world that they can attain religious freedom and escape the tyranny of the English crown. This part of the speech is arguably the most famous and served to be very true. The success of their colony leads not only other puritans to leave England but also people of other religions and backgrounds who were also fed up with the crown.
The ban on religious plays dealt a painful blow to French theatre, but its prohibition allowed secular theatre to develop” (Joyeuse). However the movement did not come into full swing until 1598, under the reign of Henri IV, with the enactment of the Edict of Nantes. This guaranteed religious freedom and thus ended the war and the ban on religious theatre (Joyeuse). Although they were no longer laws, restricting the theatre, there was still a list of rules that were imperative to all neoclassical plays. The most important being a strict following of the Aristotelian unities: time, place, and action (Quick); the unity of time restricted all action in a play to one 24 hour period, that is to say there were no lapses and everything happened in real time; The unity of place required that all the action happened in the same location; and the unity of action “required one central story, involving a relatively small group of characters, no sub-plots” (Joyeuse).It was also required that Neo-classical plays be verisimilar or probable.
(2004), Samuel P. Huntington, argues that this high level of cultural diversity prevalent in the USA can disintegrate the country, as it’s experiencing a growing cultural gap between the adherents of the Anglo-protestant culture and the immigrants, who have not yet assimilated into this culture. Key features of the Anglo-protestant culture include; “Christian religion with emphasize on the protestant values and morals, a work ethic, the English language, British traditions, justice and the limits of government power, and a legacy of European art, literature, philosophy, and music”. As a consequence hereof the American people can lose their national identity and unity, as ideology alone is a weak glue to hold people together otherwise lacking racial, ethnic, and cultural sources of community. The solution is therefore, for Americans to recommit themselves to the Anglo-Protestant culture, traditions and values. Phrased differently, America should quit embracing the idea of a multicultural society and work towards becoming a mono-cultural one.