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    Why did the urban popular classes attack religious property and personnel so often between 1808 and 1874? Anticlericalism is defined by resentment against the clergy and a change in values where man is considered to be able to understand his own existence and the world that surrounds him (Sebastian J & J.F Fuentes). In 1808‚ thanks to the French military invasion‚ Spain was‚ for the first time‚ able to introduce liberalism into Spanish politics‚ a form of government embracing the idea of change

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    upper royal class‚ the middle class‚ and the lower poorer class. To be a member of the upper class‚ folk must be born a noble. This class consists of royalty‚ knights‚ squires‚ and friars. It is divided into two sub classes. The upper and the clergy‚ the clergy being more of the religious class. This includes the friars‚ monks and nuns. In the movie William wished to be a knight and be part of the upper class. However‚ he was not born a noble. The only way he could come in is if he was dubbed by a

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    Identify and briefly explain three reasons why the New Christian Right might have failed to achieve its aims (9marks) The New Christian Right is a politically and morally conservative‚ protestant fundamentalist movement. The aims are extremely ambitious as they wish to make abortion‚ homosexuality and divorce illegal. They want to turn back to a time before liberalisation of American culture and society began. The New Christian Right may have failed to achieve its aims because the group lacked wide

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    1. The reign of Peter the Great had a great impact on the Russian Orthodox Church. Peter did not particularly like the Russian Orthodox Church‚ he saw the church as backwards and still using their traditions which Peter did not like. He also saw the Church as rival to his power. The patriarch’s constant ceremonial presence‚ pretensions to co-sovereignty‚ and network of subordinate bishoprics and monasteries evoked an aura of theocracy. For many years the church operated autonomously‚ but this changed

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    Daizelle Huggins Engl 1301 Mr. Baggaley 9/17/11 Rhetorical Analysis “And Ain’t I a Woman” In the speech “And Ain’t I a Woman” Sojourner Truth speaks on why women should have rights at the Woman’s Rights Convention in 1851. There were women‚ men‚ Methodist‚ Baptist‚ Episcopal‚ Presbyterian‚ and Universalist ministers in the church who didn’t want Sojourner Truth to speak from when she walked in the door because she was a woman. The writer Frances Gage said “Again and again‚ timorous and trembling

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    The French Revolution By Philip Dawson The French Revolution was a period of political and social clash between the three estates of France. The first was the clergy. The second was the nobility. The third was the bourgeoisie. The clergy consisted of rich and poor. There were wealthy abbots who were members of aristocracy and lived off of wealthy church land‚ as well as poor priests. The nobility was made up of wealthy land owners who prospered on inheritance. Most enjoyed the wealth and

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    Nila V. Bermisa‚ MM. tells about violence against women happening within the walls of the Philippine Catholic Church. Its major theme is justice seeking by and for women abused within the Roman Catholic Church. Sexual abuse by the members of the clergy is one of the controversial issues that is frequently being masked by the Church and on which most are not aware of. The book basically tells about the history and faces of violence in our country as well as personal stories from the victims and the

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    THIRD ESTATE IN THE FRENCH REVOLUTION UP TO 1793? Definition-Third Estate consisted of the industrial‚ professional‚ commercial and intellectual classes generally known as the Bourgeoisie. Workers‚ peasants and everybody else who was not a noble or clergy also belonged to the Third estate. They made up 97% of the population. Part played-they revolted against Louis xvi in 1789 by breaking away from the Estates-General to form the National/Constituent Assembly. They vowed not to dissolve until after

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    Origins of the Catholic Church in Australia. The first Catholics to come along to Australia‚ were amongst the first convicts to step foot on the shores of Port Jackson in Sydney. These Catholics were Irish in origin‚ and brought Catholicism to Australia‚ although Anglican Ministers were trying to stop the spread of Catholicism in Great Britain and her colonies. Most of the Irish who came here came here because of the British persecution of Irish Nationalists. The first obstacle to Catholicism

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    1/18/13 The first stage of the French Revolution (1789-1792) * Previously talking about the estates general – 1789 Louis XVI trying to solve economic problems divided into clergy‚ nobility‚ commoners because the French society was legally divided in the same way (all had different obligations and different rights) * Middle class included: bankers‚ merchants‚ doctors‚ entrepreneurs‚ lawyers‚ shopkeepers‚ artisans…comfortable life * Working class: lower class‚ those working for a wage/salary

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