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- 3181: The Middle Ages and the Renaissance
- ... the fact a pope who lived in a distant place had the authority to control or have a hand in politics and even collect money to Rome. Other radicals came about as a result Luther. John Calvin, a Frenchman who settled in Geneva, agreed with Luther that faith was essential for salvation, but had also included the notion that it was predetermined. Calvin's idea of predestination held that there were ...
- 3182: Celtic Invasions
- ... Saxons until around 500 AD for the British lowlands. The Saxons gradually took over and the Celts had to move up to the highlands of Scotland and Ireland. (1) That is where they remained until John Balliol gave up the Scottish crown. In 1297, William Wallace and Andrew Murray led a revolt against England due to the imposition of strict rule on the Scots. They won a victory at Sterling Bridge ...
- 3183: The Battle of 3rd Ypres (Passchendaele)
- ... blockhouse when he was killed by machinegun fire. He was awarded the posthumous V.C. and was buried at Tyne Cot, not far from Sergeant McGee (his grave is No. XL.E.1). According to John Laffin, every officer of his Battalion was killed or wounded that day. Incredibly, and mainly because of the valour of Captain Jeffries, 20 men actually reached the rubble that used to be Passchendaele church. Unfortunately ...
- 3184: Castles: Seen by the Light of a Thousand Candles
- ... would be fired, and when they collapsed so did the wall (or even better, a corner turret), leaving a wide gash through which the enemy could descend. Such a thing happened when Englands King John besieged Rochester Castle in 1215, and when Hubert de Burgh besieged Bedford in 1224. The 11th and the 12th centuries were the classic age of the keep. In England and France, most castles started as ...
- 3185: The Turbulent Sixties
- ... break up the students, and by May of 1968, the administration regained control. Many people were shocked that police used such violent and bloody methods to break up the resistance. The mayor of New York, John Lindsay, said that he himself believed that the measures used to regain Columbia were overly brutal and forceful (Sann 234-235). The aftermath had great implications on some of the music played at Woodstock in ...
- 3186: Solidarity in Poland
- ... nations with new identities were to come about. Works Cited 1. Bratman, Fred. "A triumph of moral force; Walesa discomforts the Communists by winning a Nobel Prize." Time 17 Oct. 1983: 50-51. 2. Brechler, John and Jorgen Pedersen. "Poland: The Resistance." Newsweek 4 Jan. 1982: 12-19 3. Laba, Roman. The Roots of Solidarity Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1991. 4. Perdue, William D. Paradox of Change: The Rise ...
- 3187: A Raisin In The Sun
- By: John Christo "A Raisin in the Sun" "A Raisin in the Sun" was written by Lorraine Hansberry. It has won her an award in 1959, at age 29, the youngest American, the fifth woman, and the ...
- 3188: A Separate Peace: Finny How Things Change
- A Separate Peace: Finny How Things Change In the novel "A Separate Peace," by John Knowles, a boy named Gene visits his high school 15 years after graduating in order to find an inner peace. While attending the private boys school during the second World War, Gene's best friend ...
- 3189: Justifying the Ways of God to Man: Paradise Lost, Book III
- ... Lost, III, 1-55. "Milton: Modern Essays in Criticism. Ed. Arthur E. Barker. New York: Oxford University Press, 1965. 218-225. Empson, William. Milton's God. London: Chatto and Windus, 1965. Hughes, Merrit Y., ed. John Milton: Complete Poems and Major Prose. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1957. Kelley, Maurice. "The theological dogma of Paradise Lost, III, 173-202." Milton: Modern Essays in Criticism. Ed. Arthur E. Barker. New York: Oxford ...
- 3190: The Titanic - History of a Disaster
- ... Ships also route their lanes farther to the south during iceberg season. Hopefully, in some small, way this will make a difference if such an accident at sea should ever occur again. --- Work Cited Eaton, John P., and Charles A. Haas. Titanic: Triumph and Tragedy. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1986. PP 152-184. Pellegrino, Charles. Her Name Titanic. New York: McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, 1988. PP 20-21. Marcus ...
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