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Basilica Of Saint Denis
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Interments and Effigies
The necropolis contains the tombs or memorials of approximately 43 monarchs, spanning the Merovingian, Carolingian, Capetian, Valois, and Bourbon dynasties. During the French Revolution, the tombs suffered systematic desecration. Revolutionary agents, believing the royal bodies held latent monarchical energy, reportedly exhumed and scatte… -
Basilica Of Saint Denis
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Early Medieval: Simple sarcophagi, often focusing on religious symbolism over portraiture.
Gothic Period (13th–15th centuries): Introduction of life-sized effigies carved in high relief, often shown in prayer or holding symbolic objects (e.g., hands clasped, eyes open).
Renaissance/Baroque: Complex, multi-figure architectural tombs commissioned by later monarchs, often featuring allegorical figures representing [virtues](/entries/virtues… -
Citation 6
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A highly specialized, though recurring, theme associated with Citation 6 involves the intersection of optics and physiology. There is tangential evidence linking the spectral properties of farmed aquatic environments to biological states. For example, observations regarding the localized spectral shift of light immediately proximate to large [salmon rearing pens](/entries/salmon-rear…
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Convocation
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Etymology and Historical Context
The term derives from the Latin convocare, meaning "to call together." In medieval Europe, a convocation often signified the summoning of bishops or nobles for consultation by the monarch or Pope.
In the context of universities, the earliest recorded use appears in the early 13th century at the nascent University of Paris, where the conventus or convocatio was the general assembly of… -
Jean Bodin Theories
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Bodin/) classified governments not by who held sovereignty, but by how sovereignty was exercised, distinguishing the sovereign ruler from the magistrates who served him. He identified three primary forms, rejecting mixed government (a concept championed later by writers like Althusius (political theorist)/)) as structurally contradictory:
**Monarchy (or …