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    definition of the motet can be seen between the 13th and 14th centuries. It is appropriate to begin in the 13th century‚ when the motet was originated. Originally‚ the motet was seen as a decoration of chant‚ for it was based on the sacred Latin texts of the Gregorian chant. In the early motet the tenor‚ or bottom voice‚ sang original Gregorian chant. In terms of form‚ it originated as a troped clausula. This changed in the 14th century when the idea of the motet was more secular‚ the tenor did

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    mentally ill from society. In the 17th Century‚ people who

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    and Doctors In the 18th century Colonial American people were unaware of the plethora amounts of different bacterias‚ germs and viruses. During this time most doctors were unaffordable and lacked knowledge about the severity of diseases. In addition medicines were usually herbs‚ minerals‚ and animal products which sometimes healed the ill. After many years tools of science/medicine have changed since Colonial American times. The doctors and medicines in the 18th century are not like the advances

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    Bogdana Oliynyk Period 1 Sara Bohn Dr. Alvarado Luz Altamirano 9/9/14 18th Century Medical History Report The 18th century consisted of a lot of social and political events. Some of the social happenings that occurred in this century were the French and Indian War‚ the African slave trade‚ and many developing ideas and inventions were growing throughout the world. Many medical happenings were present as well. Smallpox was the main

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    School System :) Education for all has been one of the grand causes of national progress. Less than a century ago comparatively few of the working folk could read.  One of the reasons for the growth of popular education has been the spread of democratic ideas and of the application of industry to science. It began to dawn upon the people how profitable it would be for each inhabitant of a country to be able to communicate with or receive communications from others through ability to read and

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    a brand being burned into the side of someone’s face for stealing an apple. This is one of the many harsh punishments given in 18th century England. Crime was not taken lightly‚ and criminals were made sure to be punished. Compared to modern day England‚ punishments for any crime were unrelenting. These punishments were even made for the public to watch. In 18th century England‚ punishments were dictated based on the established laws‚ the gender of the accused‚ and how severe the crime. To begin

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    The history of psychiatric hospitals find its origins in classical workhouses and houses of correction. From the 18th to 20th century‚ there was a transformation of workhouses into insane asylums and finally into psychiatric hospitals and along with this transformation of institutions came a shift to medical understandings of mental illness. Ultimately‚ the barbarous practices that occurred within asylums caused another shift in psychiatric care towards deinstitutionalization‚ psychology outside

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    Europeans‚ in the 18th century experienced changes in marriages and families‚ children‚ and food and medical care. Unlike the early years when the people married at young ages‚ more and more Europeans began to marry at much older ages and form families with an established household. In the early 18th century‚ children were often neglected; however‚ as time went on‚ parents began to express their love more openly for to their children. The diets and medical care of the Europeans improved through new

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    During the 18th century‚ the American colonies saw a great increase in the African slaves that were brought into the country. Before this time most of the slaves in the colonies had been Native Americans or indentured servants that were working off their debt off. During this era‚ the number of people flowing into the colonies also rose drastically. Each region of the colonies from the Northeast to the then Deep South each had different types of slavery and differing ideas of how slaves should be

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    DBQ it was the prompt from the summer essay; access why over the course of the 17th and 18th centuries colonists went from considering themselves British subjects to indentifying themselves as Americans During the 17th century‚ colonies along the east coast were being created. Some of these colonies include New York‚ New Jersey‚ Pennsylvania‚ and Maryland. The people living in those colonies were known as‚ colonists. The majority of the colonists were from Great Britain‚ and were still British

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