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- 161: Napoleon
- ... few achievements which was entirely Napoleon s for example, work on the Civil code and the reforming of education had been started by the revolution. In 1801, he signed a concordat with the Catholic Church. Catholicism was recognized as the preferred religion in France, but others were also tolerated. Napoleon was believed to have had a profound insight into the importance of religion for the mass of the people . Through this ...
- 162: John Dryden
- ... best talent was writing formal verse satire until he was at the age of 50. After the death of Charles II and the succession of James II, Dryden and his two sons were converted to Catholicism. He quickly developed many enemies that accused him of opportunism. As a result of he was to lose his offices and their much needed stipends. He then wrote The Hind and the Panther, a metrical ...
- 163: Fray Junipero Serra
- ... rode on the backs of mules, brought the Spanish language and the Roman Catholic religion to California. He introduced agriculture and irrigation techniques. His missions not only served as the centerpiece to the development of Catholicism in California, but also as a key foundation to the growth of the major California cities such as San Francisco, San Jose, and San Diego. His legacy still remains along the former El Camino Real ...
- 164: Ernest Hemingway 4
- ... driver for the Red Cross in Italy. In 1920 he starts working as a reporter and a foreign correspondent for Toronto. After being an ambulance driver in Italy in World War I, he converted to Catholicism and he often referred to himself for the rest of his life as a rotten Catholic (Lesnaik 20). Hemingway married four times during his life, each time to a Midwestern American girl. First he married ...
- 165: Australia
- ... 1,000 population). Births--14.1; deaths--6.9; marriages--6.0. Life Expectancy (at birth). Males--75.4 years; females--81.1 years. Official Language. English. Ethnic Groups. European, aboriginal, Asian. Major Religions. Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, Orthodox Christianity. MAJOR CITIES (1995 estimate) Sydney (3,772,700). Capital of New South Wales; oil refining; mercantile port; transport equipment; foods and beverages; fabricated metals; printing; chemicals; Opera House; Anzac Memorial; St. Mary ...
- 166: A Political Biography On Jfk
- ... and, at the age of 43, the youngest man ever elected to that office, though Ted Roosevelt was some months younger when he took office after the death of William McKinley in 1901. Kennedy's Catholicism may have helped him in the Eastern industrial states, and he won most of the Democratic South despite it, but the religious question apparently hurt him in the Middle West and West. Presidency Kennedy was ...
- 167: Henry VIII
- ... the VIII's only legitimate son, the parliament passed many more church reforms. But, then in 1553, Edward's half sister, Mary, the daughter of Catherine of Aragon was a Roman Catholic, she re established Catholicism as the state religion. Even though Henry altered the Church, he did not even wish to introduce Protestant doctrine. Those people who refused to accept the Church of England and its teachings were executed. The ...
- 168: With And Without The State In
- ... as a source of comfort and solace. By altering religion with their own beliefs, they discover a different hope that only works in their illusions. When the state is supposed to encourage the ideals of Catholicism, they deny the villagers of the true values and spirit. The government banishes a priest for molesting a child to a place where he engenders his own repression. Instead of encouraging the peasants, Don Trajella ...
- 169: The Power And The Glory
- ... 141) In Graham Greene's The Power and the Glory, setting is essential in understanding the spiritual conquest of the main character. The story takes place in post-revolution Mexico of the nineteen-thirties, where Catholicism has been banned. The government has shut down all of the churches and established anti-Catholic laws, jealous of the rising power of the church, and nervous of the corrupt ways in which the church ...
- 170: The Prince
- ... Chapter XXII presents techniques for a prince to attain admiration and esteem. The first technique is to have an unfaltering foreign policy; an example is Ferdinand of Aragon who unified Spain under the name of Catholicism. A prince can gain a reputation by domestic policy, exemplified by Messer Bernabς of Milan, whose domestic policies of rewarding and penalizing attained him a far-reaching reputation. Princes should avoid declaring neutrality; they should ...
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