the revolt; Calvinism was able to develop with the material and intellectual infrastructure that they provided. Grell states that Charles V was able to reign in the Netherlands without the limitations put on him by the territorial princes in the Holy Roman Empire (Unit 8‚ p.113). The Dutch revolt was political in that many believed that the Dutch way of life was being changed for the worse. In 1568 William of Orange‚ in his proclamation to the people of the Netherlands‚ stated that they had always
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Elliot‚ J.H.‚ Imperial Spain: 1469-1716. London: Penguin Books‚ 1963. 423pgs. In Imperial Spain‚ J.H. Elliot examines the history of early modern Spain from the reign of the Catholic Monarchs‚ Isabella and Ferdinand‚ to the reformation of the Spanish government by the first member of the Bourbon dynasty. According to the author‚ at the start of the 15th century‚ Spain was internally weak‚ hopelessly divided and isolated
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funeral. Secondly‚ throughout the movie‚ we saw how not only the Emperor Joseph II was influenced by Mozart’s music and his new cultural ideas but he also played a big role in the entertainment business. Joseph II‚ himself‚ played music and had intellect in different aspects‚ which can be explained by the cultural movement in Europe‚ Enlightenment. Mozart to compose an opera to portray the banned Marriage of Figaro play‚ the Emperor changed his mind about this forbidden play and allowed it in his
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nearly 400 woodcuts and more than 100 engravings and etchings. He portrayed everyday objects‚ broad religious themes‚ his family and himself‚ and all of his work was done with a mastery of form and detail. After 1512‚ Dürer had official duties under Emperor Maximilian I and his successor‚ Charles V‚ and was known to have associated with luminaries such as Erasmus and Raphael. Some of Dürer’s most famous works include his Apocalypse series of woodcuts‚ the paintings Feast of the Rose Garlands and The
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Amadeus begins with an attempted suicide by composer Antonio Salieri‚ who is overcome with guilt about supposedly killing Mozart. His life is saved by his aids and he is sent to what looks like a mental hospital‚ where a priest is sent to council him. The whole story is told through the eyes of Salieri on his death bed‚ confessing to his priest. The whole movie takes place in Vienna‚ Austria. Besides the first few scenes where Mozart is seen as a child‚ the story begins in 1782 when Mozart is the
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governor in the Roman republic. Augustus was the nephew of Julias Caesar and then later became his heir. He was a teenager and was in Apollenia (modern-day Albania) when his uncle was murdered. Augustus was named Octavian before 27 B.C. He was the first and most powerful Roman emperor. Augustus was the most successful Roman emperor because he restored Roman peace‚ won many battles and expanded the Roman Empire. The first reason that Augustus was the most successful Roman emperor is because he restored
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Sir Thomas Wyatt was the English lyrical poet of the 16th-century accredited with the introduction of the famous sonnet into the English language. He was born at the Allington Castle‚ which was situated near Maidstone in Kent – although his family was formerly from the city of Yorkshire. Anne Skinner‚ his mother and Henry Wyatt‚ his father‚ had been one of the Privy Councillors of Henry VII‚ and continued to be a trusted as well as reliable counselor while Henry VIII came to the power in the year
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(b) Study sources 1‚ 2 and 3 and use your knowledge. How far would you agree with the view that Henry VIII’s and Wolsey’s foreign policy was an expensive failure? Source 3 supports the idea that Henry VIII’s foreign policy was actually quite successful; ‘Henry and Wolsey had good reason to think that they had been very successful’. Wolsey had gained immense status after the Treaty of London‚ when he became legatus a latere. Henry had successfully pulled off the field of cloth of gold (source
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Application February 20‚ 1226 1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW Washington‚ DC 20500 Beijing Downtown Ave. 355 N. Emperor Palace. Dear Emperor‚ I am a 25 years old highly educated scholar from Beijing‚ China. Since I graduated from the economic department‚ I am thinking of getting a government job in China that would suit me‚ like the Minister of Economic Affairs or the Minister of Finance. You know people like us‚ scholars‚ have to pass civil service exam‚ which is really difficult
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April‚ numerous citizens in Vienna were afraid of violence on their private property. They wanted the disorders in the streets to end. * The university students also wanted reforms. They started a second uprising. This frightened the Austrian emperor to such an extent that he fled. This created unrest among common people of Austria. * In mid June‚ men working on government projects rebelled. They demanded higher pay‚ or else they would join the rebellion force. This revolt was crushed by the
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