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    Nursing History: Reformation Arlyn Joy De Vera Suzzete Joanna Quilang Danica Blanca Sta Maria University of Saint Louis Abstract Nursing encountered setback during the Reformation. The dispersion of religious orders‚ which had been the primary source of health care resulted in a serious deterioration in hospital conditions and nursing care. Attempts to improve nursing education and the image of nurses were abandoned. The role of women changed automatically during this time. Women were viewed

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    and gather information Rene Descartes‚ Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason‚ and Seeking Truth in the Sciences‚ retrieved 14 Apr 08 from http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext93/dcart10.txt Galileo Galilei‚ Letter to Grand Duchess Christina of Tuscany‚ 1615‚ retrieved 14 Apr 08 from http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/galileo-tuscany.html Judith Coffin & Robert C. Stacy‚ Western Civilizations‚ Vol. B‚ pp. 576-596‚ retrieved 14 Apr 08 from http://erepository.adfa.edu.au.ezproxy.libadfa

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    References: Eliot‚ C. ed. French and English philosophers: Descartes‚ Rousseau‚ Voltaire‚ Hobbes: with introductions and notes. Series: The Harvard classics v. 34. New York: P.F. Collier. c1910. Halsall‚ P. Galileo Galilei: Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina of Tuscany‚ 1615. 1997. Fordam University. 3 Apr. 2007. . Thatcher‚ O. ed.‚ The Library of Original Sources‚ Vol. V: 9th to 16th Centuries. Milwaukee: University Research Extension Co. 1907.

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    A Portrait William the Conqueror William the Conqueror: First English King Dominique Joyner Period 3 March 10‚ 2013 William the Conqueror was the first Norman king of England. During the time of his reign as Duke and King‚ William I strengthened the relationship between the English and the French. William the Conqueror’s conquests improved the prosperity of both England and France. William I was born 1027 in Falaise‚ Normandy. He is the illegitimate child of Herleva of Falaise

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    In 2003‚ the people of Liechtenstein voted on whether or not to expand the powers of the monarchy. Prior to the referendum‚ Crown Prince Hans Adam II had the right of a princely veto‚ the right to dissolve parliament and call early elections. Laws could not be passed without his consent‚ and as such‚ he was already one of the most powerful monarchs in Europe. The Crown Prince wanted these powers to be further consolidated even though political critics said that such a change would transform the country

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    Maria Theresa: Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa was born on May 13‚ 1717 in Vienna‚ Austria. She was the oldest daughter in her family‚ raised by her dad‚ the Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI. As she was maturing into an adult‚ the possibility of her being the one to take over her father’s throne was extremely high. Charles did not have a chance of producing a son‚ so Maria was a perfect candidate for it. Once her father died in year 1740‚ for forty years she started to rule and have full command

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    shifted borders between Poland and Germany. During his 37-year reign a university was established‚ laws were made more organized‚ castles grew strong‚ and minority groups were given protection (Grolier). The Polish nobility selected Jagello as grand duke of Lithuania in 1836‚ to rule by arranging his marriage to the Polish Princess Jadwiga. The initial personal union with Lithuania was formalized only 200 years later by the Union of Lublin in 1569 and it produced a state that extended from the

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    consideration can be accurately tested and if the opposing view can be founded as false. Galileo’s goes into depth about the truth of scripture and the sciences‚ intertwined with the reason of man‚ in his letter to Christina of Lorraine‚ Grand Duchess of Tuscany. Early on in the letter Galileo‚ infers from St Augustine that the Holy Ghost did not intend to teach “how heaven goes” rather “how one goes to heaven”. Galileo interprets this as the underlying basis for the “common” people to believe that

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    Athens “Golden Age of Athens” Achievements of: -Golden Age of Athens took place in 5th century BC (480-430 BCE) -Golden Age took place after Peloponnesian wars (Athens verse Sparta) and before the Persian wars -Achievements: Greeks excelled in philosophy history (Herodotus and Thucydides) Drama (Sophocles and Aeschylus) Sculpture (Balance between realism and idealism) Arts Architecture (Parthenon 447-432 BCE) Aristotle on government‚ ethics and epistemology: -Aristotle was a pupil of Plato

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    the same event and then when they speak on it or create a picture their minds somehow come up with different point of views. I am going to talk to you about the works of both da Vinci and Michelangelo. Leonardo da Vinci was born in 1452 in Vinci‚ Tuscany‚ during a time called the Renaissance. Leonardo Da Vinci is known as “the renaissance man” because of his achievements in art‚ invention‚ military engineering‚ and science (Gelb 40). In Leonardo’s Last Supper‚ you can see that Christ is in the middle

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