Student societies by location Belgium Flemish Belgians In Flanders‚ student societies play a unique role in student life. Student societies there have traditionally been politically active‚ and they played a significant part in the 1960s division of the Catholic University of Leuven into separate Flemish and Walloon universities. A student society in Flanders is led by a praesidium. The head of the praesidium (and the society) is the praeses. Alternative spellings are presidium and preses
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Some view the Crusades as wars of bloodlust‚ greed‚ and power. War is an escalated conflict of interest usually over money and/or resources. The outcome of war is that one culture advances due to newly acquired resources or advancements made from the war. The Crusades‚ in principle‚ were originated to assist Constantinople from the onslaught of Seljuk Turks and free the Holy City of Jerusalem from the clutches of Muslim control. These events would create the most dramatic geopolitical upheaval until
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The Second Battle of Ypres was a First World War battle fought for control of the strategic Flemish town of Ypres in western Belgium in the spring of 1915‚ following the First Battle of Ypres the previous autumn. It marked the first time that Germany used poison gas on a large scale on the Western Front. Additionally‚ the battle was the first time that a former colonial force (the 1st Canadian Division) defeated a major European power (the German Empire) on European soil‚ in the Battle of St. Julien-Kitcheners’
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American Art and Architecture Two opposite forces have coexisted in American art since the establishment of the first colonies. On the one hand‚ American artists have been aware of their European cultural heritage and of continuing innovation in Europe; on the other hand‚ they have had to adapt European forms to the exigencies of their native situation. This interaction between rival forces is hardly unique to American art--all art grows within a tradition--but what distinguishes the American
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Three Kisses Ma. Elena L. Paulma T hese mornings‚ Nina awakened not just from the cold that numbed her nose‚ but also from a deep sense of loss‚ of something missing or forgotten‚ the cause of which took her some time to remember‚ perhaps because she did not want to. The cold‚ although still unbearable‚ she had learned to live with‚ but this new sadness which greeted her even before she opened her eyes bewildered her‚ so that her first consciousness was always that of confusion. On this her first
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MUSIC: LESSON 1 - 4 REVIEWER Music of India | Based on philosophy and religion | Raga (concept) | Scale system that is composed of five‚ six‚ seven or eight notes | Swaras | Notes or pitches SA RI GA MA PA DA NI SA | Indian Scale System | One of the most developed musical scale systems in the worldComparable to western scale system | Tala | Basis of the rhythm of the music of IndiaTime
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instrumental ensemble consisting of six instruments: flute or recorder‚ lute‚ cittern‚ violin or treble viola de gamba‚ bandore‚ and the bass viola de gamba. 4. Who was Guillaume Dufay? What contributions did he make to Renaissance music? A Franco-Flemish composer who was born in Brussels‚ he was a prolific composer and one of the most influential of the fifteenth century. He wrote music in almost every musical form available at the time‚ including chants‚ motets‚ chorales‚ and Masses. 5. Who was
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Guillaume Du Fay was one of the earliest and pioneers of the motet. Du Fay was born Beersel‚ near Brussels‚ Burgundian Netherlands and was a Franco-Flemish composer noted for both his church music and his secular chansons. Dufay was a chorister at the Cambrai cathedral‚ became a canon of Cambrai‚ supervised the music of the cathedral and then in the service of the duke of Burgundy. In his legacy Du Fay
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The Descent from the Cross (Deposition of Christ) by Roger Van der Weyden it measures roughly 7 feet x 8.5 feet‚ and is located in Great Crossbowmen’s Guild of Louvain the medium used is Oil on oak panel. The second piece is Merode Altarpiece created by Robert Campin the piece as a whole measures 25 3/8 x 46 3/8 in‚ it is located Tournai‚ South Netherlands and the medium used is also oil on oak panel. 2. In the first panel of the Merode altarpiece a messenger is depicted on his knees seeming
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valley or Joachim’s dale. This name found its way into other languages: Czech tolar‚ Hungarian tallér‚ Danish and Norwegian (rigs) daler‚ Swedish (riks) daler‚ Icelandic dalur‚ Dutch (rijks) daalder or daler‚ Ethiopian ታላሪ ("talari")‚ Italian tallero‚ Flemish daelder‚ Polish Talar‚ Persian Dare‚ as well as - via Dutch - into English as dollar. A later Dutch coin depicting a lion was called the leeuwendaler (English lion daler). The Dutch Republic produced these coins to accommodate its booming international
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