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    the hundred years war

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    Iuliana Hacina DBQ 09/18/14 The Hundred Years War ‚ a critical part of our history. It was dreadful and never ending . This war changed the social and economic status of many countries over this long period of time. Many people died‚ if not from the war then from the frightful disease called The Black Death. The war changed the English and France people’s lives forever. Joan of Arc‚ a French peasant girl that brought the ultimate French success. She claimed that God spoke to her ‚

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    Book Summary: The Crusades

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    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Al-Zahir Baybars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Benjamin of Tudela. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Bernard of Clairvaux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Anna Comnena . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Eleanor of Aquitaine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Francis of Assisi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Frederick II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Godfrey of Bouillon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Hugh de Payens. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Innocent

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    1. Explain meaning of terms and their relevance to Eng Literature (examples‚ people‚ time span): Old English/Anglo-Saxon – language (many different dialects) and culture of Anglo-Saxons‚ 7th -11th c.‚ lit.: The Ruin‚ Beowulf‚ Seafarer etc; Bede‚ Caedmon‚ St Columba‚ St Augustine‚ Alfred the Great; Early Medival times‚ migrations‚ arrival of Christianity‚ Anglo-Saxon Chronicle‚ Viking Invasion‚ Germanic heritage‚ Christian ideology‚ memory of Roman Empire (myth of origins‚ Brutus)‚ Celtic elements

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    The Hundred Years’ War was a sequence of conflicts between the Kings and Kingdoms of England and France from 1337-1453. It was a seemingly endless war over control of the throne that ultimately led to England’s expulsion from all land in France except Calais. The Hundred Years’ War is known in history as one of the most significant conflicts of the Middle Ages. Over the course of several generations‚ the kings of the two opposing houses‚ Plantagenet and Valois‚ campaigned over the largest kingdom

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    The troubadours and minstrels sang songs of courtly love and romance. Noble ladies of the Medieval period were famous for their patronage of Medieval Music. Eleanor of Aquitaine married King Henry II of England in 1152 and brought her love of music and the troubadours to the English court transferring the tradition to England. Medieval Music and Musicians - The Troubadours The Troubadours were originally travelling

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    invited guests‚ Eleanor Vance‚ Theodora and Luke Sanderson stay at for a while with the purpose of helping Dr. Montague to write his book. Jackson writes the novel in away Hill House is the physical manifestation of the mind and during Eleanor’s stay in Hill House‚ the house becomes a reflection of her own mind. Furthermore‚ Hill House as a representation of Eleanor mind‚ reflects Eleanor’s true desire‚ which is to return the loving arms of her mother ‚ a fairytale which leads Eleanor into a situation

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    FRANCE I. Geographic Information 1. Reference Map of France: [pic] Map of France 2. Absolute Location of France: 46° 00 N‚ 2° 00 E 3. Regions in Which France Is Located: France is part of Western Europe‚ which is part of Europe. France is also part of the northern hemisphere. It is also part of both the western and eastern hemispheres. 4. Relative Location of France: France is on the western edge of Europe. It is shaped like a hexagon‚ a shape having six sides. France

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    HIST 100: Part 4 The Middle Ages Dr. Maureen Miller http://chnm.gmu.edu/courses/westernciv/video/miller1.html Introduction The period we are going to study this week is called the Middle Ages. By this term‚ historians generally mean to denote the history of Western Europe from the end of the Roman Empire in the west until the Italian Renaissance: roughly‚ 400-1400 AD. No one living in Europe from the fifth to the fifteenth century‚ of course‚ thought of themselves as living in a “middle age

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    The battle of tours is often called the Battle of Poitiers. This battle was fought on October 10 732 between the forces under the Aranksn leader Charles Martel and a massive Islamic army led by Emir Abdual Rahman al Ghaflql and Al Rahman near the city of Tours‚ France. In the battle leaders Charles Martel a Christian defeated a large army of Spanish Moors‚ slowing down the Muslims advance into Western Europe. Abd-ar-Rahman‚ the Muslim governor of Cordoba was killed in the battle and the Moors retreated

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    Cars I choose to interpret the representation of cars in The Haunting of Hill House. In this novel‚ a car is first represented as a means of control over Eleanor by her sister (Jackson 7). However‚ Eleanor’s stealing of the car transforms the car into a representation of freedom from her present life (Jackson 10). The car allows Eleanor to be free of her controlled life and to begin her own journey (Jackson 10). We observe the same car at the conclusion of the novel as a device used to free

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