The Baron Coburg Case Once upon a time many‚ many years ago‚ there lived a feudal landlord in a small province of Westerns Europe. The landlord‚ Baron Coburg‚ live in a castle high on a hill. He was responsible for the well-being of many peasants who occupied the lands surrounding his castle. Each spring‚ as the snow began to melt‚ the Baron would decide how to provide for all his peasants during the coming year. One spring‚ the Baron was thinking about the wheat crop of the coming growing
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The Red-Bearded Baron Once upon a time many‚ many years ago‚ a feudal landlord lived in a small province of Central Europe. The landlord‚ called the Red Bearded Baron‚ lived in a castle high on a hill. This benevolent fellow took responsibility for the well-being of many peasants who occupied the lands surrounding his castle. Each spring‚ as the snow began to melt‚ the Baron would decide how to provide for all his serf dependents during the coming year. One spring‚ the Baron was thinking about
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1. Whose financial statements should we prepare (e.g.‚ the baron‚ vassals‚ farms‚ etc..?) In this case I believe the financial statements should be prepared for each Farm (Piece of Land). My reasoning for this is that each section of land is the entity that is generating the ‘product’. The Vassal is acting as the resource that is managing it. In a current context‚ one would produce financial statements for a company (the Farm in our case) and not the individual resource or resources in control of
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ingraft into your family‚ the name‚ title‚ and estate of Lovel‚ which will be entailed on your posterity for ever.” — The Old English Baron‚ 110 This primary text from Clara Reeve’s “The Old English Baron” exhibits the struggle between Sir Phillip Harclay and Lord Fitz-Owen (The Old English Baron) about allowing Edmund to marry his daughter. Although “The Old English Baron” takes place in the Medieval period‚ Reeves integrated modern 18th century culture into her story. English society in the eighteenth
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DBQ: Swahili vs. Hansa Trading during the Post-classical era from 1000-1450 C.E. were what the many civilizations at that time heavily relied on‚ it had flourished and arouse to the point where many alliances were created. Many big cities were most notably successful in their trading and alliances. Smaller cities were also able to succeed by having alliance with one another; German Hansa in North Europe and the Swahili cities along the coast of East Africa were among the most successful cities
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Colonial differences from North to South DBQ During the 1700’s‚ many colonies began to show their true differences with one another. Although the colonies were settled by English origin only‚ the regions became two distinct societies within years. Of the colonies‚ the Chesapeake and the New England region were strongly diverse. The Chesapeake and the New England regions differed in the 1700’s because of religious debates that had occurred‚ different motives that were placed when going to the
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Superhero essay: Captain America As a child he stood out from the rest‚ something was different about him and no one could figure it out. Who knew that Steve Rogers would one day be saving the world from the evil Nazi’s and the Axis powers. Steve Rogers was born during the Great Depression into a poor family and was always seen as being very week (Wikipedia). Tragically he loses both of his parents very young‚ his father when he is just a child‚ and his mother when he is in his teens. He decides
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Baron Ungen had struggled with his identity during all his life: Being born from German parents but living in Estonia throughout his childhood‚ leaning toward Russian monarchy and Imperial systems‚ and finding belief in Eastern Buddhism. Baron Ungern was born in Austria‚ 1885 to his German parents but shortly moved to Estonia after her parents had divorced and her mother Remarried. At birth he was christened “Nikolai Roman Maximilian” a mix between Russian and German heritage. Though he was born
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ring O bells! But I with mournful tread‚ Walk the deck my Captain lies‚ Fallen cold and dead." I believe this to be the strongest point to what I said. It shows just how much the man cared for and loved his captain‚ he didn’t celebrate with the others‚ he didn’t rejoice‚ he only mourned the loss of his captain. There were many excellent literary devices that I found very meaningful to the poem‚ especially the extended metaphor of the captain being the man’s father. I found that to be very simple to
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Robert Falcon Scott About Captain Scott About Scott and Was there another explorer that tried to reach the pole Facts Born: 6 June 1868 Plymouth‚ England Died: 29 March 1912(aged 43) Ross Ice Shelf‚ Antarctica Parents: John Edward Scott and Hannah Scott Education: Naval cadet programme‚ HMS Britannia Captain Robert Falcon Scott was an explorer that contributed in the project of exploring the Antarctic exploration.He was one of the earliest explorer that stepped on the icy tundra.There wasn’t
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