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Medieval Chivalry
Number of Words: 2826 / Number of Pages: 11
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The ideal nobleman developed by and for the feudal class under the influence of changing environments, ideas, political views and economies.
The concept of being born into a certain class in society was a great part of medieval life. This concept of the class system was based on the land ownership and duties that were owed to other people. The knights were the military supporters of the feudal lords. The knight fought for his lord and if necessary died for him. However, the feudal inheritance was provided only for the eldest son. Younger sons therefore tended to the church or joined g ...
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Reasons For The Salem Witch Tr
Number of Words: 508 / Number of Pages: 2
... chosen ones, who were predetermined to go to heaven. The reverend was corrupt and wanted the laity to buy him lavish gifts and a mansion. Preachers should not conduct themselves in this manner, for they are men after God's own heart not men after worldly possessions.
The people were also watched like dogs and any problems were reported immediately to someone of authority. During the time of church two men were told to "walk fort in the time of god's worship and take note of any such who lye about the meeting house, without attending the word of ordinances, or that lye at home or in the fields without g ...
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Digital Image Analysis Of Yell
Number of Words: 624 / Number of Pages: 3
... to imagery that is uni-dimensional, that is, it has only one spectral band available for analysis. The term non-conventional will refer to imagery that has multi bands available for manipulation and analysis.
Methods of enhancement utilized in the multi-band portion of this project include:
- colour and histogram image enhancement
- normalization and image algebra enhancement
- filtering image enhancement
- band transformations (eigen pictures) image enhancement
- coventional methods of enhancement
Methods of classification utilized in this project include:
- signature training ( s ...
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Gilded Age
Number of Words: 735 / Number of Pages: 3
... the of politics. Cherny also addresses social and economic changes. He said that progress merely provided a "gleaming surface of the . Just below that golden surface, however, lay twelve-hour workdays in factories, the widespread use of child labor, and large-scale business dealings…" (Cherny 4).
During the , parties changed their traditional ways of voting and elections. Parties were at war to gain political majority in order to have control in government decisions, so they began tactics to insure victories at the polls. Parties discouraged attendance at primaries by meeting at late hours and dang ...
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The Raid Of Dieppe
Number of Words: 918 / Number of Pages: 4
... hoped to destroy German defenses around Dieppe, such as near by air installations, radar, rail, harbor facilities, along with gasoline dumps. These were a few of the many things that the raid on Dieppe was to accomplish. "But the raid had gone all wrong as far as the plan was concerned"-a war correspondent.
was scheduled for July 1942. It was cancelled, and against the advice of some military planners rescheduled for August 19th, 1942. Six thousand men headed across the English Channel, during the early hours of the 19th. Five thousand of the men were Canadians. Things went wrong when German ...
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Constantinopolis
Number of Words: 9909 / Number of Pages: 37
... for instance, has not rendered brick obsolete. Although design and construction have become highly sophisticated and are often computer directed, this complex apparatus rests on preindustrial traditions inherited from millennia during which most structures were lived in by the people who erected them. The technical demands on building remain the elemental ones-to exclude enemies, to circumvent gravity, and to avoid discomforts caused by an excess of heat or cold or by the intrusion of rain, wind, or vermin. This is no trivial assignment even with the best modern technology.
The availability of ...
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The Holocaust - The Way It Was
Number of Words: 4856 / Number of Pages: 18
... 1939 and 1945, the period of war, or more specifically, World War
II. The first concentration camp opened in January 1933, when the Nazis
came to power, and continued to run until the end of the war and the Third
Reich: May 8, 1945.
The idea that the Holocaust represents 11 million lives that abruptly ended
is a difficult concept, but this is an important point, and one this site
hopes to help bring across. The Holocaust was the extermination of people
not for who they were but for what they were. Groups such as handicaps,
Gypsies, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, Catholics, Poles, Soviet
prisoners ...
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Power Of The Few Over The Many
Number of Words: 1136 / Number of Pages: 5
... gave them great power, and with that the
ability to manipulate others. "'You ass'... said the
Director,... 'Hasn't it occurred to you that an Epsilon embryo
must have an Epsilon environment as well as an Epsilon
heredity'"(Huxley 23). Through a hierarchy of Alaphas and Betas
down to the lower cast Epsilon, everyone was suited for their
job. The Director however, through his position of authority,
was able to "... condition the masses to hate the
country,"(Huxley 30). In doing so, the Director succeeds in
creating an obedient society, which obeys and bows to every whim
of his commands. The Resident ...
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Causes And Results Of The Crusades
Number of Words: 827 / Number of Pages: 4
... Antolia Turkish capital at
Nicaea. After their victory they encountered the Seljuk field army. The
crusaders nearly annihilated them. Then they started towards Antioch and
defeated them also. Immediately after their victory they were attacked by
the late reinforcements. After the summer and early fall the Crusaders
moved on for their main priority, Jerusalem.
By May of 1099, they reached the borders of Palestine. In June
they camped outside the border of Jerusalem. At the time Jerusalem was
under control by readily and prepared Egyptians. The Crusaders attacked
and with help from reinforcemen ...
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Battle Of Shiloh
Number of Words: 468 / Number of Pages: 2
... the sunken road, known as the "Hornets Nest." Repeated Rebel attacks failed to carry the Hornets Nest, but massed artillery helped to turn the tide as Confederates surrounded the Union troops and captured, killed, or wounded most. Johnston had been mortally wounded earlier and his second in command, Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard, took over. The Union troops established another line covering Pittsburg Landing, anchored with artillery and augmented by Buell’s men who began to arrive and take up positions. Fighting continued until after dark, but the Federals held. By the next morning, the combined Feder ...
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