Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli‚ born November 25th‚ 1881 in Sotto il Monte‚ Italy‚ was the eldest son in a large family of thirteen children. He was from a very poor background and slowly worked his way up the ranks of the Church. Angelo came to be the head of the church taking on the name Pope John XXIII on the 28th of October 1958 when he took charge of the Vatican until the 3rd of June 1963‚ the day of his death‚ aged 81. He has since been canonised a saint on the 27th of April‚ 2014. Pope John XXIII
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Wolfgang von Goethe 6. Shelley‚ Byron‚ and Keats (started Romantic poetry in England) 7. Charles Dickens 8. Edgar Allan Poe 9. Emerson‚ Thoreau‚ Dickinson (American poets) 10. Hawthorne‚ Thoreau‚ and Melville (American novelists) 11. Schubert‚ Verdi‚ and Wagner (Composers) 12. Victor Hugo 13. Leo Tolstoy Styles to Know: 1. Romantic 2. Neo-classical 3. Realism Works to Know: 1. Goya’s The Third of May‚ 1808 2. The Raft of the Medusa 3. Hay Wain 4. Walden 5. The Slave Ship 6. Les Miserables
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The modern era was a time of nationalism as countries were beginning to expand their territories. During 18th and 19th centuries‚ nationalism in North America and Europe began to increase due to various episodes of political unrest and turmoil. The colonists in North America united to gain independence from England‚ while countries in Europe sought to overthrow their existing monarchies. The seeds of American nationalism were planted during the French-Indian war‚ where the colonists initially joined
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voicing of power. Shakespeare and the Question of Theory. New York: Methuen‚ 1985. Print. Grennan‚ E Shakespeare.” Quarterly 38.3 (1987): 275-292 Print. Iyasere‚ S Levenson‚ J.L. "The Society Of Women In The History Of Othello From Shakespeare To Verdi." University Of Toronto Quarterly 81.4 (2012): 850-859 Print. Lynch‚ K Marriot‚ J.E. 2009‚ "Challenging Cultural Stereotypes: Women Tragic Protagonists In Jacobean Drama." Web. 21 Apr. 2014. http://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/retro_theses/ Neely
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Why are some countries called developing countries‚ and some developed countries? Why are some countries called developing countries‚ and some developed countries? In this essay I’m going to talk about this question. Since this is a very wide subject I could talk about only a single country or a single issue‚ but I will try to discuss about the whole aggregate. Some of the main points are starvation‚ education‚ child labor‚ safety and human rights. These issues are very different in developed and
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CHRISTIAN HUYGENS Huygens was a Dutch scientist. He lived from 1629-1695. He proposed the earliest theory about the nature of light‚ a phenomena that puzzled scientists for hundreds of years. His improvements on the telescope allowed him to make the first observations of Saturn’s rings and to discover its moon‚ Titan. CARL SAGAN Sagan was an American astronomer. He lived from 1934-1996. He may not have been a great scientist in comparison to others‚ but he is one of the most
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USER INNOVATION CLASS LEGO Case Study Simone Grancini Giovanni Giuseppe Savini HS 2010 User Innovation 1 AGENDA The Company‚ analysis History Today Tomorrow Collaborative Innovation Theory‚ evolution Tools Lego User Innovation Strategy Lego Board Games Lego “Design By Me” Costs and Benefits Q&A HS 2010 User Innovation 2 LOGIC BEHIND ANALYSIS History presentation structure: Focus on main learning points under: Product Development perspective Growth
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When Bach left the court of the Duke of Weimar and went to Köthen‚ his musical genius gets more clearly recognised. During 1717‚ Leopold of Anhalt-Köthen hired Bach to serve as his Kapellmeister‚ which is the director of music. Prince Leopold’s Calvinistic court required church music that is simple and plain in style in it’s worship. This caused Bach to take a break from composing organ music and devote himself more on secular music during his employment at Köthen in 1717 to 1723. As a skilled player
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1. Describe the working and living conditions encountered by men‚ women and children during the industrial revolution. The proletariats were an essential aspect of the industrial revolution. It is typical to assume that workers of the industrial revolution would live a reasonable lifestyle due to their significance to the revolution itself. Ironically enough‚ their lifestyles were not of luxury or satisfaction. During this era‚ three conditions suppressed and almost hovered over the lifestyles
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born in 1984. The Ackermann family lives in Zurich at the golden coast of Switzerland‚ and they have a secondary and a tertiary residence in London and New York. Ackermann is a colonel of the Swiss Army and an educated tenor who loves Mozart and Verdi. He plays the piano and supports the Zurich Opera with his private means. When he was young‚ he did javelin 4 Education After his Matura‚ Ackermann started to study business and social sciences at the Swiss University of St. Gallen. In 1973‚ he
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