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Arts in Marrakech (AiM) first took place in September 2005. According to the event's media coverage, it serves as the [[Marrakech]] International Literary and Arts festival. It is reported to be a [[biannual]] festival. The 2005 participants and guests were [[Moroccan]] [[Sufi]] musicians, [[Alan Yentob]], [[Annie Lennox]], [[Richard Branson]], [[Saadi Youssef]], [[Charbel Dagher]] and [[Mohammed Bennis]].
'''Dévots''' (pronounced /devo/ and meaning "devout people" in [[French language|French]]) was the name given in France in the first half of the [[17th century]] to a party following a Catholic policy of opposition to the [[Protestant]]s inside France, and alliance with the Catholic [[Austrian Empire]] abroad.
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Attached to the privileges of the intermediary organs of power between the king and the people (''[[parlement]]s'', provincial estates, aristocratic officers), the ''dévots'' opposed the development of an absolute monarchy, rejecting a centralized government in the hands of commoners from the [[bourgeoisie]] appointed by the king (as opposed to aristocrats who inherited their offices in the intermediary organs of powers). They inspired the policy of the regent [[Marie de Médicis]] and later opposed [[Richelieu]], who was pushing for an absolute monarchy and sought an alliance with Protestant powers against the [[Habsburg]] Austrian and Spanish empires. Although the Day of the Dupes ([[November 10]], [[1630]]), which confirmed Richelieu as prime minister, marked their political failure, the ''dévots'' nonetheless remained very influential (notably with the fervently Catholic regent [[Anne of Austria]]). Their influence was felt through the Society of the Holy Sacrament (''Companie du Saint-Sacrement'') until [[1665]].
[http://www.kasbahagafay.com/aim.htm AiM 2005 Website]
[http://www.liberatum.org/morocco.htm AiM Liberatum Website]
Although King [[Louis XIV]] definitely established the absolute monarchy, the ''dévots'' remained active almost until the [[French Revolution]], being very influential with [[Louis, Duke of Burgundy|Louis, duke of Burgundy]], grandson of Louis XIV and heir to the throne, and with [[Louis, dauphin de France]], son of [[Louis XV of France|Louis XV]] and heir to the throne, both of whom never reigned.
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