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    confer two or three more words to the last said. The west of present Slovenia‚ which in 1920 with the Treaty of Rapallo ended up being a bit of the Kingdom of Italy‚ was the key region confronted with the principle totalitarian structure – Fascism. Italian Fascism denied any national rights to Slovenes (in like manner‚ Istrian Croats) and endeavored to Italianize them. The extensively discerning Slovenes‚ in particular priests and showed people were ousted

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    Italian Shoe Company

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    Case 1: The Italian Shoe Company The Italian Shoe Company is a New York‚ family owned company now in its sixth generation. The company started in 1823 making shoes for men and women based on designs that were popular in the growing Italian community of New York. In the early years‚ it struggled to survive. But over the years‚ particularly from the start of the twentieth century‚ it has prospered. The sixth generation owner -Adamo Pedone- is a very wealthy person. Currently‚ the company produces

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    Carolingian Renaissance

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    Carolingian Renaissance Reform of the Frankish Church under Carolingians -By 741‚ the Frankish Church had held no councils for a long time‚ Pope Zacharias said that ‘priests hardly know was priesthood is’ and Boniface said that Frankish clergy had a reputation for adultery -It needed reform and Carloman I recognized this‚ asking Boniface to convene a synod ‘to correct and amend ecclesiastical discipline’ -742/3 Concilium Germanicum‚ 744 council at Leptinnes both summoned by Carloman and one summoned

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    Harlem Renaissance

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    Lewis’s celebrated account of the Harlem Renaissance‚ was published by Knopf in1981. The latest edition‚ a Penguin paperback with a luminous new preface added by the author‚ appeared in 1997. In Lewis’s view‚ the1919 Fifth-Avenue parade celebrating the return to Harlem from World War I of the famed 369th Regiment of the New York National Guard signaled the arrival of a black America ready for the phenomenon that became known as the Harlem Renaissance; and the bloody 1935 Harlem riot reflected

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    The Renaissance Period

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    Introduction This easy seeks to evaluate the Renaissance period‚ and give a critical appraisal of the play King Lear during this period. Using a political and historical context and explore one verse of literature In England the renaissance was classified as the period which was named after the powerful English tutor Queen Elizabeth. The first who ruled great Britain for 45 years from 1558-1603.. In retrospect looking back from the perspective of the 20th century‚ the reign‚ of Elizabeth tends

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    Basso Continuo A small accompanying ensemble of usually only two instruments that provides bass-driven chordal support is the basso continuo (continuous bass). During the baroque period‚ the harpsichord and a low string instrument formed the most common basso continuo. To prevent the high-flying melodies of the Baroque from spinning out of control‚ a strong harmonic support was needed. The double bass would play the bass line and the harpsichord would fill in the chords above the bass note‚ which

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    Renaissance Education

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    The Renaissance is seen as a time of great change and where a rebirth of trade‚ political centralization‚ and interest in the Classical periods of Greece and Rome emerged. As a result education also started to change‚ for example‚ Vittorino da Feltre made a model for secondary schools called The Happy House which gave scholarships to the poor‚ allowed girls to attend school‚ and taught a humanist curriculum. During the Renaissance the values and purposes of education was to gain social status or

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    The Values of Renaissance

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    JP Holdsworth Some of the most important Renaissance values had to do with man being enlightened and “reborn” (meaning of Renaissance) into a new being that was more physically‚ spiritually‚ intellectually‚ and culturally in touch with nature and divineness. The Art and Literary work given show the most important virtues of the Renaissance: Individualism‚ Humanism‚ Rationalism‚ Secularism and Virtue. Pico Della Mirandola shows the Renaissance values of Individualism‚ Humanism‚ Virtue‚ and Rationalism

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    + Non verbal communication Across different cultures with a special emphasis on Italy + Why are Italian so famous for their non verbal language? n  What is at the origins of this peculiar way to communicate? Let’s think about the things for which the Italian people are known around the world… n  La MUSICA‚ l’Opera‚ Historically‚ Opera has been a big part of Italian society. Opera music was founded in Italy in 1607 to “commemorate the annual festival of Mantua” (Kwintessential

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    “Language is the road map of a culture. It tells you where its people come from and where they are going.” (Brown‚ 1989) The Italian American dialect prevalent in popular culture like movies and television shows is born of the shifts that occurred in the Italian language from the early days of immigration from Italy to the Americas. Settling by and large in the upper eastern section of the the United States‚ enclaves formed in most large cities‚ often referred to as Little Italy. The immigrants learned

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