Crusades in Western Civilization Development Name :Yiwei Li Student ID : 1057005 Date : 5/12/2013 Western Civilization Development Introduction Western civilization has evolved remarkably over the centuries. Western civilization refers to the period when the world began to live in organized communities with distinct military‚ economic‚ social‚ and political structures (1). During this period‚ religious‚ artistic‚ and intellectual roles assume significant roles in the early societies. Historians
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Taylor Gomes 1° AP Euro 1) Niccolo Machiavelli: Italian politician‚ historian‚ and writer. Wrote The Prince‚ a book on how to control nations with fear 2) Johannes Gutenburg: German inventor of the printing press 3) Donatello: Early Italian renaissance painter and sculptor‚ best known for his sculpture "David" 4) Fillippo Brunelleschi: Italian architect and engineer‚ designer of the dome of the Cathedral of Florence‚ or la Duomo 5) Henry VII of England: King of England from August 22‚ 1485 to
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This piece features two persons standing one in front of the other in an analytical form. It demonstrates areas of cool and warm colours to show depth and define areas. Another one of his artworks Les Demoiselles d’Avignon (The Young Ladies of Avignon) features ladies with African mask-like faces‚ giving them a savage and mysterious look. This idea would have come from the original influence of cubism the African tribal art. This work is one of Picasso’s most famous‚ and is widely considered to
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Jesuits‚ the revival of papacy and the Council of Trent. Activities of the Jesuits Established highly disciplined schools The Jesuits took over in catholic universities and by 1600 they were the most famous educators in Europe Propagation of the catholic faith among non-Christians Francis Xavier spread ideas and influenced other countries like Japan The revival of papacy Pope Paul III (1534-1549) was the turning point to the revival of papacy Appointed a reform
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with where the pope chose to live because of the relationship with the King of France the pope lived in Avignon instead of Rome the pope was then under French control so French cardinals ruled the catholic church In 1377 the pope then moved to Rome but wanted to move back to Avignon because of the conditions Avignon Papacy (1309-1378): * The Great Schism (1378-1417) * Avignon and Rome both thought that they had the right to elect a new pope so for about 40 years no one knew which
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historic decisions made by the Council was the decision to set up the “Synod of Bishops”. The Synod was meant to be the chief structural means of change. However‚ the papacy has been and still is the greatest obstacle to change and to the union of the Christian churches. Pope Paul VI himself has several times admitted that the papacy‚ under the present aspect‚ is a major obstacle to the union of the
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The Rivers of France The Rhône system The Rhône is the great river of the southeast. Rising in the Alps‚ it passes through Lake Geneva (French: Lac Léman) to enter France‚ which has 324 miles of its total length of 505 miles. At Lyon it receives its major tributary‚ the Saône. In eastern France the direction of the main rivers is predominantly north-south through the Alpine furrow. The regime of the Rhône is complex. Near Lyon the Rhône and its important Isère and Drôme tributaries‚ draining
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this profile). Not unlike Callahan Picasso here is illustrating that he knows a part of this woman that can only be seen through his eyes‚ subsequently he is showing us this view. In Picassos painting titled "LES DEMONISELLE D ’ AVIGNON"‚ (THE YOUNG WOMEN OF AVIGNON) FIG 1-2. The mask like faces resembling Egyptian art were inspired by primitive African sculpture. Compare the female pose of the two centre and left centre with FIG 2-1‚ (taken out of a women ’s fashion magazine). The poses are very
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for most ruling men of glory. Religion when fueled by superstition‚ which took hold thousands of years ago was indeed a great instrument for power and control of mankind. Christianity in its prime during the Middle Ages or medieval period gave the papacy and its popes such a means of power and self-glorification to control and subdue the surrounding communities even in times of war. Such was the case in the Christian crusades. The Christian Catholic Church played an enormous role in rule and government
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Wrote the text approximately around 440-461; which is the time frame of his position as pope. Being that Leo was pope and leading advocate of the papacy this affects the text because Bishop Hilary was going against some of the papacy rules. Leo made claims in the letter that Hilary did things not for approval of Christ but for himself. Hilary believed in independence and freedom. Additional things could have influenced Leo when writing
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