important role. She was born on May 12‚ 1820 in Italy. Her parents were wealthy and they did not like her joining the nursing. Nightingale dedicated most of her life to improve patient care in the hospitals and nursing education. During the Crimean War‚ Nightingale‚ accompanied by some selected nurses she started working in the hospitals to care for the wounded soldiers. During this time she observed the surrounding conditions and started writing her observations. She noted that staff was overworked
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How successful were the Russian governments in promoting economic change and modernisation between 1881-1904? After the Crimean War (1854-56) the econmoy in Russia slowly begun to develop. Alexander II set the development of a railwail bulding programm and a limited spread of factories. But Russia’s economy was still not as well-developed as that in western Europe. So a real industrialisation took of in the reign of Alexander III and the help of Nicholas II’s finance minsters Ivan Vyshnegradsky
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In 1870‚ with the onset of the Franco-Prussian War‚ France was forced to withdraw its troops from Rome where they had secured the Pope’s authority since 1849. With the absence of the French soldiers‚ Rome came under Italian rule and this same year was declared the new capital. With this addition to the state‚ the task of Italian unification was complete. Finally‚ after eleven years of plotting‚ war‚ and compromise Italy was one. But‚ would any of this been possible had it not been for one crucial
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Tsar‚ Russia was in total disarray. Her once widely respected and feared army was humiliated on the battlefields in the Crimean Peninsula‚ 80% of the people were in poverty and illiterate. Russia was still stuck in the middle ages while the rest of Europe was steaming in through the Industrial Era. Alexander II saw this as a need for change‚ primarily in response to the Crimean War‚ however to be able to do this‚ he also had to change the Russian society‚ therefore in 1861 he abolished serfdom‚ becoming
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Virgin Mary Mary is an important figure in catholic faith‚ Mother of Jesus Christ in physical body‚ she is also the spiritual Mother of the Church‚ the Bishops of the Second Vatican Council gave this title to her. We know little biographical information about Mary‚ our greatest source would be the books of Matthew‚ Mark‚ John and Luke. From these spiritual accounts - and knowledge of the everyday circumstances she would have faced - comes a picture of the Mary the shepherds would have found in
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The Accomplishments and Failures of the 19th Century Tsars The nineteenth century was filled with a variety of tsars. There are two that deserve a great amount of focus: Alexander II and Alexander III. Alexander II hoped to change and resolve Russia and their social and economic problems. His son‚ Alexander III‚ was more conservative and wished to undo everything his father did. Alexander II ascended the throne at the age of thirty-seven. He was tsar of Russia from 1855-1881. Alexander II was
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Although both ’Dulce et Decorum Est´ and ’The Charge of the Light Brigade´ are about battle and the of soldiers‚ they portray the experience of war in different ways. Tennyson´s poem celebrates the glory of war‚ despite the fact that‚ because of an error of judgement (’Someone had blundered´)‚ six hundred soldiers were sent to their . Owen´s poem‚ on the other hand‚ might almost have been written as a challenge to Tennyson´s rousing and jingoistic sentiments. He presents the horror of senseless
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October 1854‚ during the Crimean War. Tennyson used a wide range of sources ranging from medieval legends to classical myths and from domestic situations to observations of nature‚ as part of the material for his poetry to give him ideas. The poem is written by Tennyson from the events in the poem. This gives the poem quality. It also reflects the feelings of the people reading newspaper reports in Britain at that time. The Charge of the Light Brigade tells us of the glory of war‚ despite the fact that
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Charge of the Light Brigade” in 1854 in order to commemorate the valiant effort and bravery of the 600 men who made a charge during Great Britain’s Crimean war effort. A year before the battle took place‚ Lord Tennyson had just been made poet laureate of Great Britain (Charge of the Light Brigade‚ History). The British were engaged in the Crimean war against Russia during this time period. The charge depicted in “The Charge of the Light Brigade” took place at the Battle of Balaklava. The British
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launched reforms for political matters: Au Ottoman leaders launched reforms by the command on of the sultan/leader because they wished to repair the strength of their lands (military-wise). Russia also wished to strengthen their empire after the Crimean war ‚ so they focused reforms to build stronger politically. Differences politically were slaves playing a large role in the Ottoman empire was were the Ottoman empires form of government regarding leaders and power‚ as compared in contrast to the
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