Versailles in the famous house of mirrors. This momentous occasion was not an overnight project‚ Instead a long string of castrated events that proved to be glorious in the end. From the early stages such as the Napoleonic wars that collapsed the Holy Roman Empire and then shaped the confederation of the Rhine‚ to the exulting Franco-Prussian war that left France defeated and dominated after the momentous victory of Germany against the French in 1870. All these events helped shape the unification of
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Church authority figures in Hell is staggeringly high. The ironic revelation is never fully dissected by Dante but the implications of this writing may cause the public to turn a leery eye towards the Church. Throughout Dante’s Inferno‚ the sights of “Holy” men rotting in Hell create a rift between the teachings of the church and the common citizens. While in Hell‚ Dante meets and hears about many church officials that are now
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building of France. Charlemagne and the Carolingian Empire was major factor in the rise to modern France and a huge part of it history. Charlemagne sculpted the landscape of France with political‚ economic‚ and educational ventures to establish the Holy Roman Empire. The laying of a foundation for a centralized government is what Charlemagne was aiming for throughout the rein of the Carolingian Empire (encyclopedia). The thesis to this essay is the discussion of how Charlemagne and the Carolingian
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usually think that an emperor would lead their empire to victory or success. Nero on the other hand did the opposite. Nero the leader of the Roman Empire is full of entertainment‚ but when it came to the ruling of his empire he could not contain its riots and fires. Nero was born on 15 December AD 37. He was born with the name Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus before he became Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus. His Mother was Agrippina the Younger‚ the niece of the previous emperor Claudius (“Nero Claudius
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Gregory could not interfere his appointment of bishops and abbots. He also quoted what true pope Saint Peter exclaims “Fear God‚ honor the king” to refute what Gregory said to him. Letters had been passed back and forth between emperor and pope. By the end of 1076 both the emperor and the pope had declared each other excommunicated and deposed from office. After Henry was excommunicated‚ German princes were happy to hear of it. They used the
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#1 The Egyptian myths talk about the Gods‚ and they try to explain the origin and behavior of the forces they represent. Also on the myths‚ Gods were represented by animals.As we know‚ myths talk mostly about deities and stories based on religion‚ so lets go and take a quick look to the Egyptian religion: Their religion was Polytheistic (they believed in multiple deities) and was centered on the Egyptian’s interaction with the various deities and the forces of nature they represented. The Ancient
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Thirty Years’ Year War was a war between the Protestants and the Catholics that lasted from 1618‚ and after impacting countless numbers of people‚ ended in 1648. This war had a huge effect on the religious landscape of Europe and the rule of the Holy Roman Emperor was ended. The two individuals in this first hand account of the Thirty Years’ War‚ Peter Hagendorf and Hans Heberle‚ lived in the same time period but led very different lives. One was a mercenary who seemed to play the role of a pawn to his
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around as far back as the modern researchers have been able to find. Even dating back to the early inhabitants of the world. People back then didn’t know how to explain certain things in the world‚ so they used religion to explain it. Early Greeks and Romans created mythological gods and goddesses to explain a multitude of things they could not otherwise explain. They had gods to explain why it rained‚ why crops grew‚ why the sun and moon shined‚ and even why people were born and died. But later down
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Successes | Reasons for Success | Failures | Reasons for Failure | Concordat of 1801 | It solidified the Roman Catholic Church as the majority church of France | Creation of Republics | He rules as a dictator‚ there was no real voting power for anyone | Abolition of serfdom and feudalism | The republic saw that all citizens were equal | Continental system | Cause economic problems throughout Europe | Code Napoleon | It was confusing
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Emperor Tiberius Tiberius was born in 42 BC. Tiberius Claudius Nero and Livia Drusila are the parents of Tiberius. His parents divorced when Tiberius was four years old‚ and his mother married Augustus. At first‚ Tiberius wasn’t supposed to take the throne‚ but since Augustus’s own three sons died in his life time‚ Tiberius was the only option. Tiberius was married to Vipsiania‚ and they had a son named Drusus. After the death of Julia’s husband Agrippa‚ Tiberius was forced to divorce Vipsiania
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