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    Loc Gov Borja vs COMELEC [295 SCRA 157; GR 133495‚ September 3‚ 1998] Facts: Private respondent Jose T. Capco‚ Jr. was elected vice-mayor of Pateros on January 18‚ 1988 for a term ending June 30‚ 1992.  On September 2‚ 1989‚ he became mayor‚ by operation of law‚ upon the death of the incumbent‚ Cesar Borja.  For the next two succeeding elections in 1992 and 1995‚ he was again re-elected as Mayor. On March 27‚ 1998‚ private respondent Capco filed a certificate of candidacy for mayor

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    Renaissance’ means rebirth‚ which marks a shift from seeing humans as sinners to a focus on their potentials and achievements. Humanism was key part of Renaissance spirit. Quest for knowledge and power‚ a spirit of adventure‚ a quest for exploring new territories‚ presence of evil in the politics and interest in magic are the Renaissance element in The Tempest. The play’s major focus is on Prospero’s quest for perfection‚ knowledge and power. He devotes himself to learning even to the extent

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    The trials and tribulations of the Harlem Renaissance The Harlem Renaissance‚ also referred to as The New Negro‚ was a period of newfound artistic and social freedom for African Americans beginning in the early 1900s and ending in the early 1930s. The renaissance served to create a consciousness of identity for African Americans‚ while also forcing white Americans to confront the importance of the ethnics. The creation of the New Negro in Harlem represented the liberation of the last vestiges of

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    began to break down. As a result‚ a new cultural‚ economic‚ and political system had emerged: The Renaissance. The Renaissance was the most widely influenced cultural movement in humanist history which marked the starting point of a modern Era. As Jacob Burckhardt stated‚ the Renaissance period is “an era of discovering humans‚” the Renaissance characterizes the rebirth of interest in humans. Renaissance art shattered the dominance of religion in artwork and shifted the attention from heaven to the

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    Humanism and the Renaissance Founded on the ideals of Italian scholar and poet Francesco Petrarca during the late fourteenth century‚ Renaissance humanism centered itself on humanity ’s potential for achievement. Although God is credited for creating the universe‚ human beings are the ones credited for developing and sustaining it. The shift was away from understanding the world through faith and towards a broader intellectual and scientific understanding of it. A humanist‚ in this context‚ was

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    What factors happened to help transition into Renaissance? What came from the transition? Many factors helped transition into the Renaissance. First off‚ there was a less dense population due to the Hundred Year’s War and Bubonic Plague. Many serfs died and the remaining populations realized they don’t have to be controlled by the nobles and get better wages by leaving. From this‚ trade flourished from the new merchants and the feudal system collapsed. From the website‚http://www.biography.com/people/petrarch-9438891

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    American Renaissance INTRODUCTION Also known as the New England Renaissance‚ the American Renaissance refers to a period of American literature from the 1830s to the end of the Civil War. The movement developed out of efforts by various American writers to formulate a distinctly American literature influenced by great works of European literature. Yet these novels‚ poems‚ and short stories utilized native dialect‚ history‚ landscape‚ and characters in order to explore uniquely American issues

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    Renaissance and Reformation Test Humanism- Classical texts from the Greek and Roman culture lead to humanism. Humanism focused on human potential and achievements. People stopped worrying about Christian teachings. Influenced artists and architects. History‚ Literature‚ and Philosophy are humanities subjects. Secular- People became concerned with the here and now Predestination- Calvin’s book/doctrine; Institutes of the Christian Religion states that everyone is sinful by nature and God has known

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    Essay Question – Christopher Marlowe (Jew of Malta and Dr Faustus) 1. “For all the critical debate about subversiveness of Marlowe’s play‚ there is nothing in either Doctor Faustus or The Jew of Malta that is not fully consistent with a Christian world view.’ Discuss with reference to Doctor Faustus and The Jew of Malta. Christopher Marlowe is a prototype of the Renaissance “universal man” living in 16th century England. It was a period where Elizabethan world view of Christian humanity

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    How Did the Renaissance Change Man’s View of Man? The Renaissance was a period of big change peasants become more self-sufficient. More and in European history. It was a time of intellectual more serfs gained their freedom and no longer excitement‚ when art and literature blossomed depended on lords. Some freed serfs migrated and groundbreaking scientific advances were made. Over the course of about 300 years ‚ the Renaissance spread from its home base in Italy to western and northern Europe. The

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