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Tyranny and Resistance Theory

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Tyranny and Resistance TheoryHistory 132, Professor Tutino, 03/01/05This work is original and unpublished by David Kute   In 1572, the marriage of Henri of Navarre and Marguerite Valois was to bring peace to France’s religious divide, and stability to the French kingdom. But as the wedding evolved from joyous festivities and fetes into carnage, murder […]

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Erasmus and the Ideal Ruler

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    David Kute Political Science 218 05/2006 Professor Sissa               In 1515, Desiderius Erasmus settled in Basel, Switzerland. This move was to have implications for the Dutch humanist’s career and works. During his stay in Basel, Erasmus gained a powerful new patron, Jean Le Sauvage. After the two […]