The Crusades Top of Form How did the Song of Roland reflect the ideals of the time? What was important to Crusaders? The Song of Roland depicts disregarding the actual history‚ Charlemagne capable of conquering all of Spain. The account is legend. Roland‚ a Frankish lord and Charlemagne’s own nephew. The "treachery" of the Christian Basques becomes transformed into the treachery of a single man‚ Ganelon‚ and the Basques themselves are replaced by Moslems‚ whom the poet calls Saracens or pagans
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To what extent did the response to Urban II’s call to Crusade in 1095 correspond to the pope’s plans? "The remarkable success of Urban’s crusade seemed to confirm his preaching theme that God was fighting with the crusaders" -Penny J. Cole This view‚ that the First Crusade was a great success‚ is still generally accepted today‚ as it was by contemporaries. The crusaders themselves‚ convinced that their mission had been achieved‚ "entitled their chronicles Gesta Dei per Francos‚ God’s work done
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3344346 Tu Lan – 3282178 Bo Qiu - 3308317 DAVID JONES - BUSINESS ANALYSIS AND VALUATION May 2012 ASB INVESTMENT RESEARCH T A B L E O F CONTENT 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2. DAVID JONES’ PROSPECT AND THE RETAIL INDUSTRY 2.1 INDUSTRY ANALYSIS 2.2 COMPANY ANALYSIS 3. ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL ANALYSIS 3.1 ACCOUNTING ANALYSIS 3.2 FINANCIAL ANALYSIS 4. FORECAST AND VALUATIONS 4.1 FORECAST ASSUMPTIONS 4.2 COST OF CAPITAL – WACC 4.3 VALUE OF DAVID JONES 5. CONCLUSION 6. REFERENCES AND APPENDIX ASB
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Internal analysis 7 2.2.1 Competitive strengths 7 2.2.2 Strategic Competitive Advantage 7 2.2.3 Conclusion internal analysis 7 2.3 Conclusion on strategic analysis 8 3.0 Strategic direction and strategic objectives 8 3.1 David Jones vision 8 3.2 David Jones mission 8 3.3 Objectives 9 3.4 Stakeholder analysis 9 4.0 Key broad business-level and international strategies 10 4.1 Ansoff’s product/ market business level strategies: 10 4.2 Miles and Snow’s strategic 11 4.3 Porter’s Competitive
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recommendation report. This reports divided into five sections. David Jones’ external and internal environments are discussed in the first two sections. The following section focuses on the identification of stakeholders and their interests. Our strategic recommendations to improve shareholder value are explained in the fourth section followed by the impact our recommendations have on stakeholders. A balance scorecard is constructed in the last section to illustrate the effect our strategic recommendations
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The crusade of Urban II Pope Urban II was the key figure behind promoting the idea of Crusades. His appeal played key role in initiating the series of famous religious war historically known as the Crusades. Pope’s famous plea led to the formation of the very first group that marched towards Jerusalem to fight against the Muslim forces. Pope Urban II appeal was made in November‚ 1095 (Asbridge 1) calling for a Holy War against the Muslims and to liberate Jerusalem. The Crusade thus initiated
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Per.1 2/5/13 Crusades Essay The initial cause for the crusades is the emperor asked for help. Pope Urban the second thought that by “moving” the Muslims Christianity would be brought back together. The goals of the crusades were economic‚ social‚ and political goals as well as religious motives. The Pope wanted to reclaim Palestine because the Muslims controlled it and Christendom had split into Eastern and Western branches in 1054. Kings and the Church saw that the Crusades was a good opportunity
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The Crusade for Spices by Jessica‚ Maverick‚ San San‚ and Yu Chan Why did religious and economic motives fuel violent action as the Portuguese expanded their power to Asia? The year was 1496 c.e.. Europe is abuzz with the fantasies of unimaginable riches that Columbus’ voyages would bring from the indies. But the newly crowned king of Portugal‚ Dom Manuel I‚ sought a different goal‚ an opportunity to spread the faith. He was ambitious‚ dreaming to do what the united christian countries of the
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The First Crusade is a conflict that took place in the latter years of the 11th century CE. This war‚ the first of eight‚ was a struggle provoked by the Christian powers in Europe against Islamic powers in the Middle East‚ or Holy Land. This crusade was said to have risen as a result of various reasons; all of these reasons‚ of course‚ being the fault of the European Christians. One minor potential reasoning for starting the conflict is known as the Second Son Theory: due to the Law of Primogeniture
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Many have wondered was the impact of the crusades more positive or negative. In 1095 Pope Urban 11 was promoted by the incursions of the Byzantine emperor‚ and declared his first crusade. It was a big fight of both of the biggest religions Christianity and Islam.The Crusades were remembered bitter‚ because they started religious hatred and killed innocent people. For instance in Europe‚ the crusades turned their anger against jews massacring entire communities‚ which means they killed instinct and
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