When many people think of the Reformation‚ their immediate thoughts go to Germany and Martin Luther. However‚ other parts of Europe experienced the effects of the Reformation too. A man named Martin Bucer played an important role in one of these other European countries. With his support of Thomas Cranmer‚ his treatise of De Regno Christi‚ and his impact on the 1552 revised edition of the English Book of Common Prayer‚ it becomes clear that Martin Bucer played an important role in shaping the English
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Many thing influences Leonardo work ‚ depending on each artwork there is a different influence. In the Mona Lisa his influence is a women looking for a self portrait and cash in her hand willing to pay for it. The influence in his artwork The last Supper his influence is the bible and what a person learns in church at a younger age. He wanted to give people a visual of how he felt the last Supper looks like. He got the idea of the last Supper when he was thinking to himself one day how does the last
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Velazquez another one of his influences. Even with Picasso and Miro both influencing him he still had his own unique style of art. Most of Dali’s work was original since he had his own style‚ but still Picasso did influence some of his painting like Dali’s “experimentation with impressionism and cubism before joining the surrealist movement in 1929”. Dali admired Picasso more than Miro mainly because they had met so Miro didn’t influence some of his painting like Picasso did. His parent at first pushed
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Mesopotamia‚ the land between the rivers‚ derives its name and existence from the rivers Tigris and Euphrates. These two rivers created the Fertile Crescent in the midst of surrounding inhospitable territory. The space we call Mesopotamia is roughly the same as that of the modern country of Iraq. About ten thousand years ago‚ the people of this area began the agricultural revolution. Instead of hunting and gathering their food‚ they domesticated plants and animals‚ beginning with the sheep. They
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Young Elvis grew up with very little‚ meaning he didn’t have money or come from money he was ordinary. His parents did not have a lot of money and sometimes it was hard to provide for the family. His family having barely enough money to keep afloat often moved around. His parents could not afford the rent and mortgages on their houses so they had to pack up and find
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The Enlightenment emphasized liberalism‚ in which all humans had a natural right to freedom of religion‚ speech and press‚ and fair and equal treatment in law. The ideas that were most put to use out of the Enlightenment for the American Revolution were those of John Locke (1632-1704). Much like Jonathan Edwards‚ John Locke was one of the most influential
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political opponents and this increased the Fascist influence. Italy was in a time of chaos and disrupt‚ and apparently only Mussolini could restore it back to its original glory. They were in such despair that they gave him the position as prime minister‚ while having this position he made the democratic institutions seem like nothing. He used his power to become a dictator and a leader over all of Italy. He might’ve caused a lot of problems in Italy but e did decrease their unemployment and for this the
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son of Septimius Severus‚ had co-ruled with his brother‚ Geta‚ after their father died. Later‚ Caracalla secured his throne as the emperor for 6 years (211-217) by murdering his younger brother. Widely known as a tyrant throughout Rome‚ Caracalla did not have a great reputation by the way he had ruled. To gain support‚ he had campaigned throughout Germany‚ built public baths‚ and granted all free people in Roman citizenship. This might have been caused to raise taxes‚ but had overall changed the
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big thing. Many people were against it and wanted to get rid of philosophers. There was a famous trial in which the Athenians tried to put Socrates to rest. He was accused of attacking conventional ideas and ways of life. They said he was a bad influence on all of Athens. During the trial they gave him three options. He could be killed‚ exiled‚ or sentenced to life in jail. Socrates said‚ “The unexamined life is not worth living‚” which means there is no point of living if he has to change his
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Geneva when Rousseau was a child and he went to live with an uncle. At thirteen‚ he became a engraver’s apprentice‚ which he enjoyed‚ except for the fact that his mentor was “violent and tyrannical”. He later met Louise de Warens‚ who was a large influence on him. Because of her‚ he converted to Catholicism‚ and one of his basic philosophies is thought to have come from her belief in basic human purity: he
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