In 1572 Admiral Gaspard II de Coligny supported a war that the French king‚ Charles IX‚ was going to approve. Fearing the Admiral was having an increasing amount of influence on her son and the dislike of him from the Catholics‚ Catherine de Médicis supported the Roman Catholic house of Guise plan to assassinate Coligny. This would then lead to St. Bartholomew’s Massacre that started August 24‚ 1572. Tensions had already been high in France since the early 16th century concerning religion
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References: Cuda‚ Amanda. January 24‚ 2010. Study: Juvenile mediation cuts repeat offenses. Retrieved from: http://www.newstimes.com/local/article/Study-Juvenile-mediation-cuts-repeat-offenses-335216.php An initiative supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Knowledge Brief December 2011. Can Risk Assessment Improve Juvenile Justice System? Retrieved from: http://www.nysap.us/Knowledge_Brief_Can_Risk_Assessment_Improve_Juvenile_Justice_Practices.pdf The City of Pleasanton. October
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point tobacco was not used recreationally‚ but as a medicine‚ or hallucinogen during religious ceremonies. The Europeans began using tobacco as a medicine until around 1560 when it began to be used recreationally. In 1561 the Queen of France (Catherine de Medici) declared it be called Herba Regina‚ which means the Queens Herb. Tobacco was introduced to England in the 1580s‚ and by the early 1600’s had spread all across Europe. In 1642 tobacco was officially legal tender. Debts‚ marriage licenses
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St B | What were the Immediate Causes of the Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre? | Document Sources 15‚16‚17‚18 | | Travis Bontorin | 10/24/2012 | The immediate causes of the Saint Bartholomew’s day massacre‚ 1572 using the sources from Barbara Diefendorf’s “The Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre‚ A Brief History with Documents. | Since the Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre there has been a great deal of controversy over the causes and blame of the historic crisis. Any religious dispute
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Millais in 1871. The first portrait by Dmitry levitzky is called Nelidova‚ Ekaterina Ivanovna who she is the daughter of Lieutenant Ivan Dmitrievich Nelidov. She was raised in the Smolny Institute for Young Ladies and was noticed there by Empress Catherine II‚ who made her a maid of honor to the Grand Duchess Maria Feodorovna‚ later Empress‚ whose husband Emperor Pavel I. She was sincerely attached to him‚ although their relations were never intimate. She was able to influence Pavel I‚ preventing some
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My Life at Catherine Hall: When I came to this school‚ I was in the fifth grade. At first‚ I didn’t like it at all. I got in trouble to much‚ and that was the main reason I didn’t like it here. Through fifth grade I was not a good student‚ had bad grades‚ and had too many levels to count. By sixth grade‚ I was starting to mature and wasn’t getting bad grades as often‚ but I was still getting in trouble. By seventh grade‚ I was getting good grades and barely got into trouble. I think the main reason
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even if it mean killing a person or having sex with someone‚ whether boyfriend or husband. When Velma told Roxie Hart she had a good idea or a plan to move up to the top Roxie would take that idea and use it and move herself up the ladder. Catherine Zeta-Jones portrayed Velma Kelly; Ms. Kelly was good on the stage and she was beautiful as well as having plenty of sex appeal. When men in town knew that Velma Kelly was performing‚ the club would sell out.
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Haley Wiedenman English 101 Brit Ashley 4/8/11 When reading “A Mutable Self”‚ by Mary Catherine Bateson‚ I am forced to analyze why I am myself. For several years I have stubbornly believed that I have become myself by myself alone and have not been influenced by the things and people around me. I didn’t want to admit that I am in fact tightly connected to people of my past and they have influenced who I am greatly. Bateson makes it clear in her writing that “no one –fetus‚ child‚ or adult-
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Miss Brill Miss Brill is a story about Miss Brill‚ a middle-aged English teacher living by the Public Gardens in a French town. As the story begins‚ she decides to wear a fur during her usual walking in the park‚ on a Sunday afternoon. The fur is very special to her and she thinks of it as a living creature. She hasn’t worn it for a long time and now feels happy‚ feeling her “dear little thing” on her body. When she arrives at the park‚ she notices that there’re more people than last Sunday and
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Catherine is the most important person Henry. The story starts in Italy during World War I. The protagonists are Lieutenant Henry Frederick‚ a volunteer ambulance driver for the Italians‚ and Catherine Barkley‚ a British nurse. Henry loves Catherine so much that he deserts the war. Catherine is a safe place for Henry to retreat to when he is hurt. In the same way she is a roof to protect from the rain. Understanding‚ calm‚ and courageous in the face of death are the traits that describe Catherine
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