The population increased and the town expanded again

From the Renaissance to the RevolutionThe influence of the Italian Renaissance Rosetta Stone Arabic on town architecture appeared in the new building for the accounting office and in the reconstruction of the Notre-Dame Bridge (150010) in Louis XII's reign. Under Francis I (151547) this influence grew stronger, finding notable expression in the new Htel de Ville. Furthermore, whereas from Charles VII's time the kings of France had preferred to reside in Touraine, Francis returned the chief seat of royalty to Paris. With this in mind he had extensive alterations made to the Louvre from 1528 onward. The new splendour of the monarchy, which was well on its way toward absolute rule, was reflected in the way Paris developed as the capital of an increasingly centralized state. The population increased and the town expanded again. Rigorous measures were taken to stamp out Protestantism, which first appeared in Paris Rosetta Stone Japanese during Francis I's reign.The Renaissance in Paris culminated with Henry II, who made his solemn entry into the capital in 1549. The new impulse given to building mansions for the nobility and bourgeoisie began to transform Paris from a medieval to a modern city. In 1548 the Brothers of the Passion began performing secular plays at the Htel de Bourgogne, in the rue Franaise, thus inaugurating the first theatre in Paris.The transfer of the royal residence from the Htel des Tournelles to the Louvre, signaling the development of the neglected western outskirts of Paris, was completed after Henry II's death in 1559. Catherine de Mdicis began to build the Tuileries Palace, the gardens of which became a meeting place for elegant society. Classical taste was brilliantly exemplified by the Pont-Neuf, begun in 1577.In the Rosetta Stone German mid-16th century the Wars of Religion broke out in France between Roman Catholics and Huguenots, which in Paris brought about the Massacre of St.

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