El Cantar del Mio Cid is the oldest preserved Spanish cantar de gesta. Formerly‚ it was transmitted only orally‚ but in 1142 it was written down by a certain Per Abbat. This copy is held as part of a 14th century codex in the Biblioteca Nacional de España (National Library) in Madrid. However‚ it is incomplete. The first page and two others in the middle are missing. It is written in medieval Spanish‚ the ancestor of modern Spanish. Its current title is a modern invention by Ramón Menéndez Pidal;
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Global Food Security- What can be done before next surge? Genius G.C. 05/03/2012 The Issue of Food Security: Food security is an important issue in agriculture since it is related to the survival of people which is its basic objective. The inability to even feed oneself is the indicator of absolute poverty. According to the World Food Conference 1996‚ food security means‚ “physical and economic access of all the people‚ every day‚ to sufficient‚ hygienic and nutritious food
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is found in “The Qualities of a Prince”‚ “If we examine this carefully‚ we shall see that he was more merciful than the Florentine people‚ who in order to avoid being considered cruel‚ allowed the destruction of Pistoia” (Machiavelli‚ 43). Ethos is presented here by showing an example from past history on how someone in power had messed up by being too merciful than the Florentine people. By using these examples Machiavelli uses ethos to show the past history and he is able to gain the trust from his
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Michelangelo Buonarroti was born on March 6‚ 1475‚ in Caprese‚ Italy‚ a village where his father‚ Lodovico Buonarroti‚ was briefly serving as a Florentine government agent. The family moved back to Florence before Michelangelo was one month old.Michelangelo’s mother died when he was six[www.notablebiographies.com/Ma-Mo/Michelangelo.html ]. From his childhood Michelangelo was drawn to the arts‚ but
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Renaissance (15th -16th century) and Late Renaissance (16th century). The Renaissance era in literature begun from the well-known Dante Alighieri’s The Divine Comedy. The more important writers of the Renaissance were William Shakespeare‚ Thomas More‚ Florentine Boccaccio‚ Christopher Marlowe‚ Ben Jonson‚ Miguel de Cervantes‚ Francesco Petrarch and Niccolo Machiavelli. In theirs works the authors referred to the ideals reflected in ancient civilizations like Roman or Greek. They incorporated the classical
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Renaissance is the term used to describe the period of European history that saw a renewed interest in the arts. The Renaissance began in 14th¬century Italy and spread to the rest of Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. In this period‚ the fragmented feudal society of the Middle Ages‚ with its agricultural economy and church¬dominated intellectual and cultural life‚ was transformed into a society increasingly dominated by central political institutions‚ with an urban‚ commercial economy and lay
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Trefren‚ D Renaissance VS Neoclassicism How could two periods such as the Neoclassicism and the Renaissance be so successful and be focused on very different things? Neoclassicism and the Renaissance are two major periods in the history of art during which different forms of art including architecture‚ painting‚ music and visual arts‚ significantly advanced. It was during these periods‚ different artists became very famous as a result of the masterpieces reflecting how the ideologies and artistic
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the portal. It contains a high relief of Mary enthroned holding a flowered scepter. There is also a series of niches with the twelve Apostles with Madonna and Child. Also between the rose window and tympanum there is a gallery with busts of great Florentine
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The Santa Croce The Santa Croce is the principal Franciscan church in Florence‚ Italy‚ and a minor basilica of the Roman Catholic Church. It is situated on the Piazza di Santa Croce‚ about 800 metres south east of the Duomo. It is one of the most popular tourist spots in Italy. In A Room with a View‚ an important scene takes place in this place. In Chapter 2: In Santa Croce with No Baedeker‚ we find that the tourists from England go on a visit to this place. The writer gives a picturesque description
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Running head: Legal Implications Export/Import – Ghana Cocoa Bean xxxxxxx August 25‚ 2010 ITB305 International Business Environment xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxx Introduction Cocoa beans are the seeds found in cocoa pods‚ which grow on small evergreen tree; each pod contains 20-50 seeds‚ or cocoa beans. Harvesting cocoa consists of cutting the ripe pods from trees‚ breaking them open and extracting the seeds from the pods. These seeds are then allowed to ferment for 6 or 7
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