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Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu (/ˈmɒntɨskjuː/; French pronunciation: [mɔ̃tɛskjø]; 18 January 1689 – 10 February 1755), generally referred to as simply Montesquieu, was a French social commentator and political thinker who lived during the Enlightenment. He is famous for his articulation of the theory of separation of powers, which is taken for granted in modern discussions of government and implemented in many constitutions throughout the world. He was largely responsible for the popularization of the terms feudalism and Byzantine Empire.
He was born at the Château de la Brède in the southwest of France. His father, Jacques de Secondat, was a soldier with a long noble ancestry. His mother, Marie Françoise de Pesnel who died when Charles de Secondat was seven, was a female inheritor of a large monetary inheritance who brought the title of barony of La Brède to the Secondat family.[citation needed] After having studied at the Catholic College of Juilly, Charles-Louis de Secondat married. His wife, Jeanne de Lartigue, a Protestant, brought him a substantial dowry when he was 26. The next year, he inherited a fortune upon the death of his uncle, as well as the title Baron de Montesquieu and Président à Mortier in the Parliament of Bordeaux. By that time, England had declared itself a constitutional monarchy in the wake of its Glorious Revolution (1688–89), and had joined with Scotland in the Union of 1707 to form the Kingdom of Great Britain. In 1715 the long-reigning Louis XIV died and was succeeded by the five-year-old Louis XV. These national transformations impacted Montesquieu greatly; he would later refer to them repeatedly in his work.
Actors: Thom Hoffman (actor), Alexandre von Sivers (actor), Harry Kümel (director), Aurore Clément (actress), Dora van der Groen (actress), Ludo Troch (editor), Michael York (actor), Marianne Basler (actress), Johan Leysen (actor), Tom Jansen (actor), Yan Tax (costume designer), Monique van de Ven (actress), Matthijs van Heijningen (producer), Michael Pas (actor), Joop Admiraal (actor),
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Genres: ,Actors: Martine Sarcey (actress), Jean Négroni (actor), Pierre Vernier (actor), René Clermont (actor), Jean Leuvrais (actor), François-Régis Marchasson (actor), Maryvonne Schiltz (actress), Paul-Emile Deiber (actor), Alberte Aveline (actress), André Castelot (writer), Jean-François Chiappe (writer), Françoise Kanel (actress),
Genres: History,Actors: André Chanu (actor), Henri Bosc (actor), Julien Carette (actor), Georges Bever (actor), René Blancard (actor), Georges Bever (actor), Alain Bouvette (actor), Edmond Beauchamp (actor), Andrex (actor), Louis Arbessier (actor), Amédée (actor), Georges Bever (actor), Antoine Balpêtré (actor), Aimé Clariond (actor), René Berthier (actor),
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Keywords: 17th-century, 18th-century, episodic-structure, king, place-name-in-title, queen, versailles