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Inquisision
Number of Words: 1047 / Number of Pages: 4
... Calvinists, and Rosicrucians. Efforts to suppress heresies were initially ad hoc. But in the Middle Ages a permanent structure came into being to deal with the problem. Beginning in the 12th century, Church Councils required secular rulers to prosecute heretics. In 1231, Pope Gregory IX published a decree which called for life imprisonment with salutary penance for the heretic who had confessed and repented and capital punishment for those who persisted. The secular authorities were to carry out the execution. Pope Gregory relieved the bishops and archbishops of this obligation, and made it the duty ...
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Mound Building Cultures
Number of Words: 606 / Number of Pages: 3
... individual that would be buried there. The Serpent Mound is an excellent and well-known example of an effigy mound. This mound, in the shape of a twisting serpent, extends more than 1,300 feet long. Pottery, tools, pipes, stone sculptures, wood and shell, masks, ornaments, weapons, and jewelry made from shell, copper, mica, and other materials are buried with the dead in mounds. Some burial chambers after 5000 B.C. had a central chamber for the remains of important Native American leaders.
Platform mounds, also known as temple mounds, served as bases for public buildings, houses of tribe leaders, ...
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October Crisis/War Measures Act
Number of Words: 1617 / Number of Pages: 6
... viewed the English as in total control of the province, and saw them as the cause for the loss of so many French job positions. One stereotypical view was when a French worker would get fired, it was an English who laid them off. The inequality the French felt is an example of the emotions that sparked the separatist movement. The largest of the groups was the, “Rassemblement pour l’independence nationale (R.I.N.)”. Marcel Chaput and Pierre Bourgault formed this group in the September of 1960. They rallied significant numbers of mainly middle class Francophone students and professionals. ...
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Mob Involvement With Prohibition
Number of Words: 848 / Number of Pages: 4
... people more than anything since the World War. Everyone, from the poor to the rich, united to break the law. Even the police, yeah sure they will serve and protect, unless they find a better deal. The police were letting alcohol be made and sold right under their noses. The rich buy the booze to spice up their parties and the poor spend their time and money in bootleggers houses getting drunk. Rarely do the rich and the poor agree on anything. But, prohibition contributed to an increased sense of community and neighborly love. Prohibition also brought big business to the small businessman. Alcohol mak ...
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Generation X
Number of Words: 557 / Number of Pages: 3
... traveling in any
particular direction.
It is my perception that the label of Generation X has come to be almost
exclusively condescending. I consider myself an avid reader of news
periodicals, Time, Newsweek, etc., which often deal with the generation
gap that exists today from the point of view of older generations. It is my
opinion that any time the term Generation X is mentioned in these
magazines, it is done in a way that makes us all seem like apathetic
Beavis and Butt-Head followers, who play too many video games and
spend too much time at the mall.
When reading these articles, I ...
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Ending Of Apartheid In South A
Number of Words: 642 / Number of Pages: 3
... for his drastic change in government. A journalist in Cape Town at the time wondered if De Klerk fully realised what he was doing. Perhaps De Klerk thoguht he could remain in power by sharing it with the ANC. There were also economic pressures; business men were meeting with the ANC and liking them. De Klerk was practical as he was trained as a lawyer, and also religious. Apparently his brother had said he thought God had chosen him to lead South Africa ‘at a crossroads’.
However, the most probable reason was that apartheid was no longer practical or possible to maintain in the country. This underlyi ...
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Greek Olympics
Number of Words: 1126 / Number of Pages: 5
... peninsula. The Alpheys River ships came, usually carried Greek statesmen and merchant princess. Most of them had traveled all the way from Italy, Sicily, Marseilles, the Black Sea and even the coast of North Africa. Among the arriving guest are poets, philosophers, princess, politicians, historians, soldiers, sculptors, and horse breeders. There were ever hobos from Elis and nearby Pisa. There were fishermen from the coast and off shore islands.
On second day early in the morning of the Olympia festival the low stands around the hippodrome began to fill up with crowds eager to see the chario ...
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Contradictions To The Death Of
Number of Words: 1317 / Number of Pages: 5
... President John F. Kennedy. Two days later, Oswald was killed by Jack Ruby, a Dallas nightclub owner, while he was being moved from the city to the county jail.
At a glance, the above story sounds as if this should be an open-and-shut case. After all, according to the facts above, Oswald must have killed Kennedy. However, you must take a deeper look into this case. Many people who witnessed the murder of John F. Kennedy dispute the facts above, saying that they heard shots from places besides the book depository, and other things that may contradict what is stated above. One of these witnesses, Abra ...
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RISE AND FALL OF THE HITLER REICHT
Number of Words: 1157 / Number of Pages: 5
... preferred. Hitler's drawings were returned
saying they were "too wooden and too lifeless." He was rejected. He tried
three months later and did not get pa Hitler moved into an apartment with
his friend in Vienna. He pretended to be a student living off his
relatives money. He read many books and sat in on the Austrian government
sessions . Hitler speaks of his life in Vienna as "five years in which I
had In 1913, Hitler moved to Munich. Life was not much better there until
the First World War started in 1914. While many people were frightened and
sad at the thought of a world war, Hitler was delighted. ...
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Suriname
Number of Words: 1111 / Number of Pages: 5
... aspect of the study of these arts: their deep culture-historical roots.
The Pricefs went to to do research on these archeological people to find out if these Maroon art works such as calabash bowls were truly African in origin, or if they have other sources that have provided an influence on them that is far beyond Africa. There was a re-emergence in the Maroon arts thatfs unexplainable to many scholars that have studied them. The Pricefs term this as a gunique balance of continuity-in-changeh. What this term means is, they feel there was a lack of documentation during these times and the a ...
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