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    religious institutions was common. By the 16th Century‚ however‚ the poor were treated with suspicion and harsh measures‚ to ensure that they were not becoming lazy‚ using welfare as a substitute for labor. Beginning in the 17th Century‚ the attitudes toward the poor again shifted‚ returning to more sympathetic views and responses‚ though many members of the upper-class still retained the negative outlook on the destitute of the 16th Century. In the 15th Century‚ growing awareness towards the plight of

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    He says that during the fourteenth century portraiture was used as rank but the artist would put the person in a type. A type is the bare essentials of a person‚ much like adding a label to someone when looking at them such as‚ fat‚ skinny‚ old‚ middle-aged‚ handsome‚ ugly‚ etc. Cole then goes on to say this convention of portraiture began to change around the middle of the fifteenth century. The change of how portraiture was treated in the fifteenth century is that the artists began to strive

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    Corset history

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    Steele states that “the first true corsets date from some time in the first half of the sixteenth century when aristocratic women began wearing “whalebone bodies” (Steele‚ 2001‚ p. 6). According to Steele‚ the whalebone bodies originated in Spain and/or Italy and then spread through the rest of Europe. During the 16th century the bodies were only worn by aristocratic women and girls. In the 17th century a corset or a boned lining which supported bodice shaping had a higher waistline‚ and a longer

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    Child Protection History

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    the 18th Century Colonisation decimated Aboriginal communities with diseases‚ alcohol‚ and dispossession. In the 19th Century Australian colonies developed their own individual legislative mechanisms concerning child protection for their jurisdictions. In the late 19th to early 20th Century there was forced separation of Aboriginal children from their families under policies of assimilation this became known as ‘Stolen Generation.’ (Mary will be talking about) Also in the 20th Century‚ there was

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    What's in a Name?

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    Taylor ENG 1 August 2013 What’s in a Name? The topic in general from the America Now textbook is asking us what do we know about our names‚ what they mean. Our names can suggest family origins‚ religious‚ racial‚ an ethnic identity and social status. What’s in a Name? encompassed many things that many people didn’t actually know about their names and what they mean to have that name or nickname. Like giving a favorite object a name. Most times many people have trouble coming up with appropriate

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    Over the course of the past two centuries political election and campaigns have become more financially and technically involved. One main reason for this is the obvious advances and continuing importance that technology has played in our society. Media campaigning has become even more involved in the past few decades due to the changes in our society and ups and downs in the fundamental values of each generation. Going back into the 19th century‚ we saw Abraham Lincoln going from state to state

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    Africa History

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    The fall of the Songhay Empire starts chapter thirteen. The height of power was under Askiya Muhammad Ture‚ during the 16th century. Towards the late 16th century the royal power weakened‚ because of short reigns and dynastic disputes. This caused growth of rivals‚ which drew off trade from Songhay domination‚ gold from Akan forest to go to Europeans coast‚ and no external threat visible. The Moroccan invasion also contributed to the fall of Songhay. The Moroccan motive was to control and revive

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    it was that of a man‚ and at the time was said to be her partner in the acts. However‚ this was later unproven as further investigation was done on the bodies. Carbon dating showed that Windeby Girl died during the first century AD‚ whereas her supposed partner lived three centuries earlier. Due to the fact that there were no signs of trauma or struggle according the evidence on the body‚ ideas that this may have been a sacrificial ritual were proposed. Later Investigation: Windeby Girl is a Boy

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    Irish Literature

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    Irish literature Early and medieval literature The earliest Irish literature consisted of original lyric poetry and versions of ancient prose tales. The earliest poetry‚ composed in the 6th century‚ illustrates a vivid religious faith or describe the world of nature‚ and was sometimes written in the margins of illuminated manuscripts. Unusually among European epic cycles‚ the Irish sagas (such as Táin Bó Cúailnge) were written in prose‚ with verse interpolations expressing heightened emotion

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    Discuss the artistic movements of the eighteenth‚ nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. How does one lead to another and what values conflict and produce the change. The eighteenth‚ nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries were characterized by four major artistic movements. They were Neoclassicism‚ Romanticism‚ Realism‚ and Modernism. More often than not‚ these movements represented clear break with old and transition to new social‚ political‚ and cultural ideologies. Through music‚ literature

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