of Darjeeling. At the time‚ the streets of Calcutta were crowded with beggars‚ lepers‚ and the homeless. Unwanted infants were regularly left to die on the streets or in garbage bins. Founds the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta:- In 1948 Pope Pius XII granted Mother Teresa permission to live as an independent nun. That same year‚ she became an Indian citizen. After studying nursing for three months with the American Medical Missionaries in the Indian city of Patna‚ she returned to Calcutta
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DBQ 1: Women’s Suffrage Analyze and compare the major points of view concerning suffrage and the ways in which individual commentators believed woman suffrage would affect the political and social order. In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries women were being oppressed by not being allowed to vote‚ this made them less “value” as compared to the male gender. The point of view concerning woman suffrage was greatly affected by the gender role and the political standing of the person in question
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Marcus Aurelius would have had mixed feelings about the collapse of the Roman Empire in the mid-to-late third century AD. An admirer of change‚ Marcus would have accepted the direction that the Empire was heading in‚ but not necessarily through the murderous means in which it transpired. He also was an enormous aficionado of living as close to in accordance with nature as was possible and not enjoying an overly lavish lifestyle. Few of the Emperors during the mid-to-late third century AD were overtly
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The Spanish Inquisition became an infamous event in history that would interest and shock people for centuries to come. King Ferdinand V and Queen Isabella of Spain started the Spanish Inquisition in September of 1480; however‚ it was two years earlier in the November of 1478 that Pope Sixtus IV actually authorized the two monarchs to set up and start the Inquisition. (The Spanish Inquisition‚ n.d.) The Inquisition mostly dealt with the conversos‚ or "Jews who had converted either under duress
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Mussolini – the Cult of Personality Throughout history there have been many leaders who have formed a cult of personality--that is‚ commanded intense devotion and an almost God-like worship from their followers. Such a following is advantageous especially in times of war‚ where citizens can easily be rallied to defend their leader and take down the “evil enemy”. Leading up to World War 2‚ multiple fascist leaders—Adolf Hitler‚ Benito Mussolini‚ Josef Stalin‚ Francisco Franco--were able to establish
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Chapter 1 The Problem and Its Background CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND INTRODUCTION Internet is a system that links million of computers together. It made the computers more efficient. Computers‚ as one of the most efficient technology today‚ become a neccesity for us humans. This school year‚ Computers in the computer laboratory at St. James Academy are now connected and are able to access the internet. It allows
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� PAGE �2� Laurentian University Reformation Causes Essay HIST 2116 Zakk Bartsch October 7‚ 2008 Zakk Bartsch Dr. Liedl HIST 2116 October 7th‚ 2008 Reformation Causes: Nationalism Reformation in medieval Europe can be said to have many causes and factors for its uprising‚ which at the same time could also be argued not to have been. Nationalism‚ however‚ played a major role in reformation‚ especially in Germany. Nationalism in Germany has been identified by some as emerging as early as
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Catholic teachings during the Lutheran Reformation. Finally‚ the Church employed many policing tactics against the Lutheran Reformation. These responses kept Catholicism a major religion in Europe. Although the conciliar movement was ended by Pope Pius II around the 1450s‚ the people during the Lutheran Reformation were calling for a general council of the church. Charles the V‚ emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and King of Spain‚ tried to persuade the Pope to assemble a council because he hope that
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sacred duties of bishops. The Declaration also plainly states that this was all done under‚ “the mask of religion.” In addition to his violence in the Netherlands‚ Phillip also tried to use his religion to fulfil his agenda against England. As Pope Pius said in a letter to the Guises‚ he supports‚ “all such means as shall be deemed necessary‚” to reclaim England and save it from being‚ “oppressed by the heretics.” Even though the Pope intended to do this by supporting Mary‚ Queen of Scots‚ he still
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SPRITE CHART Historical era: French revolution‚ napoleon time span: 18th century S | *French revolution- starving peasants who had no rights like freedom of speech and were exploited‚ huge class gap-There was social turmoil‚ people received more rights based upon enlightenment ideals‚ many people died‚ women became more involved in non household duties‚ Everyone is equal‚ and class lines were not recognized so
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