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Post by Elliot Kane on Jul 16, 2009 18:59:32 GMT
We should actually celebrate Edward I, who invented parliamentary democracy (Albeit in rudimentary form) and deliberately limited the power of the monarch. He also invented Habeus Corpus, so he's a good man to celebrate He was called 'Edward The Lawmaker' although thanks to Braveheart the other nickname sees more use... ;D
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Post by twoheadedragon on Jul 17, 2009 10:56:00 GMT
Well actually, the French height of culture was build over the backs and bodies of a lot of poor people's tax money. Louis XIV started the "trend" of extremely high taxes, which Louis the XV picked up on (and made much worse). Everybody knew the whole thing would collapse right after Louis XV if he kept up his policies, his motto was "After me, the deluge!" Louis XVI was an OK king actually, but only an exceptional king could have saved the monarchy. And with the extravagance of the nobility (especially Marie Antoinette), contrasted against the poverty of most of the population, a revolution was inevitable... @ EK: I like John, because he was such a lousy king that he had to give in to the Barons, who in turn created the Magna Carta.
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Post by Elliot Kane on Jul 17, 2009 11:06:27 GMT
Everything is always built on the backs of the poor - then as now...
See your point with John, 2HD, though he did rather spoil the effect by reneging on every single condition he signed up to... ;D No half-hearted trickster, he! ;D
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Post by twoheadedragon on Jul 18, 2009 9:05:37 GMT
Everything is always built on the backs of the poor - then as now... See your point with John, 2HD, though he did rather spoil the effect by reneging on every single condition he signed up to... ;D No half-hearted trickster, he! ;D Yes, unfortunately. Right o' about John, but thankfully he only lived 4 years after the Magna Carta. The Magna Carta went down as one of the greatest documents ever written in the history of human rights, and John has gone down as one of the worst Britons of all time!
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Post by Elliot Kane on Jul 18, 2009 10:05:59 GMT
Yeah, he was SO bad, I'm surprised they haven't made him a minister in the current UK govt! ;D
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