How far was England a more Protestant country at the death of Edward VI than at his accession in 1547? It’s 1547 and Henry VIII has just died leaving the English Church in a state of pure confusion. A Protestant approach to the Church of England had been adopted in the early 1530s to help Henry gain the annulment he so desperately wanted from his first wife Katherine followed by several Protestant doctrinal changes. However the latter years of his life saw a reversion back to Catholicism with
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Oedipus the King- Blind To His Own Problems No problem can ever be solved by avoiding‚ hiding or running from it. The best way to solve troubles is to confront them. In the play Oedipus the King‚ the heroine of the story‚ named Oedipus‚ has many troubles. He is looked upon to save Thebes‚ the city of his reign‚ from the terrible plague that has come to it. Throughout the play‚ Oedipus struggles in finding the murderer of King Laius (the prophet Delphi tells Creon that the murderer must be driven
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Molly Morris 29.10.2013 ‘German Aggression was responsible for the outbreak of a general European War in August 1914’. How far do you agree? There is much evidence to suggest that German Aggression was responsible for the outbreak of a general European war in August 1914. Both Sources 1 and 2 play on the idea that both the Kaiser and Bethmann Hollweg used its foreign policies to create tension within Europe which consequently led
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Creon’s tragic Downfall Creon is the tragic hero of the play‚ Antigone‚ by Sophocles‚ and suffers the greatest downfall. It all begins when he maes his public announcment as the new king. He states his message loud and clearly to everyone‚ that if anyone feels the need to bury the body od Polyneices‚ they will be going against the law and will be sentenced to death. In this powerful speech‚ he shows the need for control and order in the way he plans to rule. At the same time‚ he is showing arrogance
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HOW FAR WAS HENRY VII’S CONTROL OF THE NOBILITY 1485 TO 1509 DUE TO HIS FINANCIAL POLICIES? (24 marks) Controlling nobility was important to Henry and arguably posed to be one of the biggest challenges he faced. He relied on them for a number of reasons but he also knew the importance of keeping them under control‚ since they had been responsible in part for overthrowing the last three kings at one time or another. As well as financial policies‚ he also passed a number of non-financial policies
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Canada was partially responsible for the Holocaust. If the Canadian Government made different decisions between 1919 and 1939‚ many more Jews may have survived. When the Paris Peace Conference started‚ Canada was simply apart of the British delegation‚ but Prime Minister Borden insisted that Canada be represented as a separate nation‚ with the right to vote. When the US opposed of this‚ a compromise was made. Canada could send a separate delegation from Britain‚ but it wouldn’t count as a vote
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How far do you agree that the condition of the peasants was the cause of the 1905 revolution? By Samantha Whiting Introduction The Russian revolution was sparked of by a number of factors social‚ economical‚ political. I believe some of these factors were the root cause and some were contributors I believe they all contributed in their own ways and some contributed more than others and leading to a potential revolution in Russia. Russia had a weak economy‚ the primary sources of income for the
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include Macbeth or Pygmalion. 2. Growing Up: Joyce Cary 3. The Rattrap: Selma Lagerlof 4. Going Places: A. R. Barton Macbeth: Shakespeare 5. A Devoted Son: Anita Desai OR 6. What Men Live By: Leo Tolstoy Pygmalion: Bernard Shaw II. Education: IV. Hues: An Anthology of Short Stories: Barry Antunis‚ Anupam Banerjee‚ S. Thomas & Sumana Saha Candidates will be required to answer five questions as follows: I. an 7. Talking of Space: Report on Planet Three: Arthur
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The Holocaust was the method and routine of subjugate and murder of six million Jewish people by the Nazi Government and its collaborators. It took place in Germany from 1933-1945. There was a total number of 6 million Jewish people who were killed and other groups such as Gypsies‚ Poles‚ Slaves‚ and Blacks. Some others that were killed were homosexuals‚ disabled‚ elderly‚ communists‚ and jehovah’s witnesses. As a total there were 10 million people killed. HItler and the Nazis had the power in the
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2 How should an individual determine his or her own success? Success is determined differently by each person. Some might find having a big home successful‚ and some might find having a happy family is all they need to feel that they succedded in life. It all comes down to how you were raised and how you preseve the world. Why everyone determines success differently is determined by many factors‚ including your location in the world‚ gender‚ age‚ spirituality‚ and many other factors. How someone
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