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    King Henry VIII was a man known for being girl crazy‚ he seemed like he would want a new girl everyday. In a way he loved girls‚ but had no feelings for them. According to Lord Mountjoy to Erasmus‚ 1509 “He used to marry a new wife every day‚ and chop off her head next morning.”(Lord Mountjoy to Erasmus‚ 1509) He had been married six times; divorced four times‚ and beheaded two of them. He was the reason of getting rid of the pope’s power in England‚ because of the very reason of wanting to get a

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    of poetry‚ philosophy‚ music‚ astronomy‚ physics and the ancient classics. It was likely that Zwingli met men who would plant seeds of reformation in his mind. In 1506 he was ordained into the priesthood in Glarus‚ where he began studying Erasmus. Erasmus’ writings were part of what most likely brought Zwingli’s attention on reform. In 1515‚ he moved to Einsiedeln‚ where he saw the evil in some practices from Rome such as the

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    Good morning! My name is Thomas Cranmer. I was born on July 2nd 1489 to Thomas and Agnes Cranmer in Nottingham‚ England. I was the 6th of 7 children‚ having 2 brothers and 4 sisters. It was important to my father for me to be well learned‚ but he did not want me to grow to be ignorant and "gentlemenless" so my father trained me in hunting‚ horseback riding and archery . Even at an early age‚ I was thought to be contemplative and liked my alone time. At the same time‚ I had a talent for breaking wild

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    Renaissance Education DBQ Exercise During the Renaissance‚ scholars became more interested in the humanistic features of society‚ and humanistic educators based their teaching models on Greek and Latin classics.  Renaissance education was   One apparent purpose of a Renaissance education was to praise the value of useful education‚ through the teaching of the classics‚ mainly Greek literature that was written by Greek philosophers‚ mathematicians and other important figures.  Some criticised

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    Oscar‚ Mejia 11/30/12 Period# 5 In history every small or large issue had a great effect on the lives of many and created categories which people could associated‚ such as religion‚ economic classes‚ medical etc. The Black Death is one of those issues that help enforce and evolve many of this categories such as‚ Religion‚ economic‚ social‚ medical‚ and in this documents show people desperation and greedy. The middle

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    and advanced through education.[4] The humanist with the greatest influence of the time was Erasmus of Rotterdam who favored simple biblical piety founded on textual scholarship and study of the Greek New Testament over scholasticism and elaborate ritualism.[5] Erasmus believed in studying and understanding the scriptures for oneself and wanted to reveal the extreme hypocrisies of the Church. Erasmus’ radical writings and teachings began to spread‚ and soon after the writings and teachings

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    THL3701 Assignment 2: 771426 Question 1 How Apartheid affects us all First-person texts like mark Behr’s “The Smell of Apples” is written from one character’s point of view. In this case it is from the perspective of an eleven year old Marnus Erasmus with sections from him when he is older and fighting in a war. We can see how the different people in the Apartheid-era were treated through Marnus’ actions in 1973. We also see how that particular year caused big changes to occur in Marnus’ life

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    Introduction: Like what the age-old adage from Desiderius Erasmus states “prevention is better than cure”‚ population health is the approach that looks at the broader picture of developing and maintaining a realistic and culturally acceptable health plan for the Australian Aboriginal communities. Rather than merely addressing the management of diseases‚ population health goes deeper by aiming to manage the factors that may have caused or developed the diseases‚ and ensure that the World Health Organization’s

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    The Bürgermaster’s Daughter by Steven Ozment is a novel about a girl name Anna Buschler who lived in an era where women were to be disciplined and obedient which was during the 16th century. Anna Büschler whom is the daughter of mayor‚ yet she was a long way from the common 16th century German lady. Unmarried and nearing thirty‚ Anna’s known not coquettish‚ flamboyant‚ and improper in dress. When her dad found that she is having mystery undertakings with both a nearby aristocrat and a fighter – gambling

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    Engels literatuur Hoofd periodes‚ sub-periodes en invasie volkeren: 1. Prehistoric Britain. +/- 800 BC - 55 BC Celts (5th century BC) 2. Roman Britain. 55 BC – 400 AD 3. The Old English or Anglo-Saxon Period 500 – 1066 Soon after the romans left‚ Britain was attacked by Germanic tribes‚ mainly Angles and Saxons. Anglo-Saxon settlements (410 AD – 800 AD) The Vikings (The Danes) (800 AD – 978 AD) Downfall of Saxon England (978 AD – 1066 AD) 4. The Middle English Period 1066

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