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- 851: "The Heptameron"
- "The Heptameron" The French Renaissance took place in the 16th century. This was modeled after the Italian Renaissance, which took place in the 14th century. The French Renaissance brought new ideals of humanism, which brought back the ideals of Greek and Roman arts and also stressed importance upon the individual. One humanist was Marguerite de Navarre. She was the sister to the ... knowledge and past their times together with enjoyment. This book represented the views of society itself during that time, which explains the wide variety of ideas. Especially with this book being a part of the French Renaissance, it brought forth new ideas into thought. The idea that religion might be corrupt and needs to be reformed, and that marriage should be made out of love and in the interest of ...
- 852: Alchemy
- ... by Avicenna, Mesna and Rhasis, and in France by Alain of Lisle, Arnold de Villanova and Jean de Meung the troubadour; in England by Roger Bacon and in Spain itself by Raymond Lully. Later, in French alchemy the most illustrious names are those of Flamel (b. ca. 1330), and Bernard Trevisan (b. ca. 1460) after which the center of of interest changes to Germany and in some measure to England, in ... be no doubt. M. figuier in his "L'Alchimie et les Alchimistes", dealing with the subject of modern alchemy, as expressed by the initiates of the first half of the nineteenth century, states that many French alchemists of his time regarded the discoveries of modern science as merely so many evidences of the truth of the doctrines they embraced. Throughout Europe, he says, the positive alchemical doctrine had many adherents at ... 1819, under the name of the "Hermetic Society". In 1837, an alchemist of Thuringia presented to the Societe Industrielle of Weimar a tincture which he averred would effect metallic transmutation. About the same time several French journals announced a public course of lectures on hermetic philosophy by a professor of the University of Munich. He further states that many Honoverian and Bavarian families pursued in common the search for the ...
- 853: Orwell Critizism
- ... power. Orwell's entire purpose of writing the novel was to worn against the dangers of society forming a totalitarian society. He effectively creates a story that almost completely parallels the history of the Russian revolution. Although I do think this is a great book I believe it has some flaws. One of the major flaws with the writing of this book is that if the reader does not have any prior knowledge of the Russian revolution then he will surely miss most of the important aspects of the book. I do not think Orwell took into account his audience when he wrote this book. He must have known that not everyone who would read his great work of literature would not know well the complete history of the Russian Revolution. Taking this idea into account, I think he could have somehow made it possible for a person who did not know about the Russian revolution to be able to understand the main purpose of ...
- 854: Ultrasonic Radar for a Home PC System
- ... provides maximum torque, although the power consumption is doubled. Mode 11 (called the half-step drive) uses one coil, then two coils, alternating between modes 7 and 9. This doubles the number of steps per revolution. If a stepper motor of twelve volts or less (indicated on the motor, along with maximum current, coil resistance and step angle) is used it is possible to run both the stepper and the Experimenter ... quarter-foot measurements. To the left of the display, the program reports the range values and the number of scanning points in each rotation of the transducer. The distance and bearing are updated with each revolution. By pressing "L" the displayed range increases (up to 35 feet). By pressing "S" the displayed range decreases (down to 5 feet). Pressing "M" will result in scan more points per revolution (up to the resolution of the stepper motor used). "F" is used to decrease the points scanned per revolution. With any text file RADAR.DAT can be altered to change the parameters. This screen ...
- 855: Player Piano
- ... he starts to think about the system of the society and social life, about his professional career, which he starts to see as not as important as it seemed to him before, and about the revolution. He starts planning. Firstly he wants to remain only an internal revolutionary. He buys one of the last farms in the country and he tells his wife to come to live there with him. She ... being hidden in a cell as a prisoner, and he is only an Official Head of the Brotherhood just a puppet to be shown to people. From this you can see that the idea of revolution was not bad at all, but it turned worse with the people's want for might. So it happens. The government does not accept their request, which means violence is used. The common people go ... They do not really care about which machine is really bad and which might be helpful or needful, they do not distinguish, so they just smash all down. The army makes a counterstrike, so the revolution is finished soon by violence. Paul does not belong anywhere now. The revolutionaries blame him for the bad success the industrial bosses treat him like a traitor and his own wife who said she ...
- 856: Europe's The Great War for Empire
- ... the goal to totally destroy Prussia. There was also a growing conflict facing France and Great Britain that would continue to increase in momentum. This war was the prelude to what American would call "The French and Indian War" in which these two European countries would fight for land in the Americas. The events of the War of Austrian Succession, fortuitously for France, worked out exactly as Great Britain planned it. The French resources of war were divided between the Americas and the fight against Prussia. The eight year war was a fight between the superior army and resources of Great Britain and the strategic mastery of French generals, like Marshal Maurice de Saxe, who led many successful battles. The war eventually ended in a stalemate, with Austria not regaining Silesia, but it definitely proven itself able to fend off any other ...
- 857: Elizabeth 1
- ... and capable of Catherine's brood. Destined to be the last of the Valois, he nevertheless kept his throne for 15 years in the face of chaos. --c. t. iannuzzo Web Resources: · House of Guise French ducal family, founded as cadet branch of house of Lorraine by Claude de Lorraine, first duc de Guise, 1496-1563, whom François I made duke and peer. His daughter Mary of Guise married James V of Scotland and was mother of Mary Queen of Scots. His sons François de Lorraine, 2nd duc de Guise, 1519-1563, and Charles de Guise, Cardinal de Lorraine, 1525-1574, controlled French politics in the reign of François II, first husband of Mary Queen of Scots. Championing the Catholic cause against the Huguenots, they cruelly suppressed the conspiracy of Amboise (1560). After François' death they opposed the ... old, he is still a formidable figure. Revolt broke out in the Low Countries in 1566, and Philip--who is a devout Roman Catholic --became embroiled in a struggle that lasted until 1648. English and French efforts on behalf of the Dutch rebels led Philip to attempt an invasion of England in 1588. The disastrous results were the now infamous Rout of the Spanish Armada by Drake. Since then he ...
- 858: Ernesto Guevara De Serna
- ... returned home for his finals sure of only one thing: he did not want to become a middle-class general practitioner. He passed, specializing in dermatology, and went to La Paz, Bolivia, during the National Revolution in which he condemned as an opportunist. From there he went to Guatemala, arriving during the socialist Arbenz presidency. It was in Guatemala that he began to earn his living by writing archaeological articles about ... after him, and introduced him to Nico Lopez, one of Fidel Castro's lieutenants. While in Guatemala, he saw the CIA at work as the principal agents of counterrevolution. He confirmed, in his view, that Revolution could be made only by armed insurrection. When Arbenz fell, Guevara went to Mexico City (September 1954) where he worked in the General Hospital. Hilda Gadea and Nico Lopez joined him. It was there that ... also a ruthless disciplinarian who unhesitatingly shot defectors, as later he got a reputation for cold-blooded cruelty in the mass execution of recalcitrant supporters of the defeated president Batista. At the triumph of the Revolution, Guevara became second to Fidel Castro in the new government of Cuba, and the man was chiefly responsible for pushing Castro towards communism. It was a communism that was independent of the orthodox, Moscow- ...
- 859: Mp3 Argument
- Mp3 argument The Next Revolution in Music Technology: Make or Break? Throughout life I have encountered several different mediums of music including eight-track recordings, vinyl records, cassette tapes, mini-discs, digital audio tapes (DAT), and compact discs. I have ... the aspiring musician. If any legislation passed, it should only ban the distribution of copyrighted material. The emergence of MP3 has tremendously excited unsigned musical artists. Many believe this is the beginning of a musical revolution where the “little guys” are going to conquer the “big guys.” ZDNet, an online magazine, recently interviewed Michael Robertson, CEO of MP3.com which is an web site devoted to the distribution of MP3 files created by independent/unsigned musicians. “People keep asking me, ‘When are you going to sign Madonna, When are you going to sign Michael Jackson?’ said Robertson. “But this is a bottoms-up revolution. When you’re leading a revolution, you don’t grab the king and say, ‘I’ve got a good idea, let’s overthrow the kingdom.’” (Orr 1999). In doing research for this essay, I ...
- 860: Events Leading To The Cause Of
- ... colonists accepted Britain's rules and taxes at first, but only for a certain period. They soon grew weary of Britain and chose to declare their independence. The beginning of their turmoil began during the French and Indian War. Britain had passed a series of Navigation Acts. These acts were to forbid the colonists from trading with any outside country other than England. The colonists did not mind at first, because they needed British protection and because they did not enforce the laws strictly. After the British won the French and Indian War, all French presence was removed from America. However, Indian uprisings led to the Proclamation of 1763. This proclamation stated that nobody may enter the Ohio Valley unless they were licensed fur traders. British troops were posted ...
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