unexpectedly. The monks at first thought they would be safe‚ living in a monastery and sacred place‚ but they were wrong. The people of Lindisfarne were defenseless‚ making it easier for the Vikings to steal treasures‚ burn down buildings and murder monks. The Vikings were violent and heartless towards others. They would torture their victims and did not hesitate to kill anyone… including innocent babies. After raiding the monastery‚ the Vikings longships would sail home loaded with goods and captives
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Diego was never a baker. He was associated with bread because he often took bread from the monastery to give to the hungry people outside. His fellow lay brothers grew wary of him. One day‚ when he hid some bread in his cloak‚ he was caught and was made to show what’s inside it to embarrass him; miraculously‚ the loaves of bread transformed into beautiful flowers. He was then assigned to the monastery in Alcala de Henares. There he continued with his service and devotion to the Lord. He passed
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and charters. His better known work would more than likely be The Life of Charlemagne. The schools he attended made him literate and allowed him the leisure to pursue writing. Einhard was a hard working‚ scholarly man. Through his education at the monastery of Fulda‚ he was able to enter Charlemagne ’s court school. From here‚ Einhard attained a position of prominence and power. In many ways‚ he ran Charlemagne ’s palace. Through Einhard ’s relationships that he established with Charlemagne ’s son‚
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Anglophones worlds Henry VIII’s Act of Supremacy (1534) The act of supremacy is a legal document passed in the sixth session of the reformation Parliament in November –December 1534. 1.2 Context Henry VIII (1491–1547)‚ reigned 1509–47. He was the second Tudor monarch after his father Henry VII. Ascended to the throne of England in 1509 after his elder brother‚ Arthur died‚ becoming the next in line to the throne. At that moment the country was Catholic and was controlled
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O-fold Innovation Assignment Questions 1. Select which business model Alex should pursue and defend your answer. Alex should pursue is Use a Crawl-Walk-Run Strategy. The advantage to choosing this business model is lowest risk. There is no need for a huge star-up cost‚ and it fits Alex’s current financial situation. Second advantage of Crawl-Walk-Run strategy is‚ it gives Alex’s time to do market research for his invention. One of the reason many small business was failure is that they did
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particularly those of Jesus‚ the Apostles‚ and a plethora of named Saints‚ both those that were martyred‚ with their blood justifying them‚ and confessors‚ more problematic due to verification issues‚ meant worshippers and tithes for churches and monasteries across Europe‚ evidenced by the frequent references that are recorded during the history of the Roman Catholic Church through the centuries‚ including the period surrounding French Monk Guibert of Nogent’s time. As an educated man known to be a
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the summer of 1505‚ he abandoned his studies and his law plans‚ sold his books‚ and entered the Augustinian monastery in Erfurt. The decision surprised his friends and appalled his father. Later in his life‚ Luther explained his surprising decision by recollecting several brushes with death that had occurred at the time‚ making him aware of the fleeting character of life. In the monastery he observed the rules imposed on a novice but did not find the peace in God he had expected. Nevertheless‚
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OurLady’s Juggler In the days of King Louis there lived a poor juggler by the name of Barnabas‚ a native of Compiegne‚ who wandered from city to city performing tricks of skill and prowess. On fair days he would lay down in the public square a worn and aged carpet‚ and after having attracted a group of children and idlers by certain amusing remarks which he had learned from an old juggler‚ and which he invariably repeated in the same fashion without altering a word‚ he would assume the strangest
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offspring including daughters‚ thus keeping it intact for the family. Other sons were then sent off to soldiering or scholarship or monastic life‚ daughters were married off or sent to a nunnery. In this period‚ many wealthy women chose to live in monasteries‚ where they could receive education‚ while other institutional structures increasingly denied them this opportunity up until the late nineteenth
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Johann Mendel. He changed his name to Gregor in 1843. He grew up in an Augustinian brotherhood and he learned agricultural training with basic education. He then went on to the Olmutz Philosophical Institute and later entered the Augustinian Monastery in 1843. After 3 years of theological studies‚ Mendel went to the University of Vienna‚ where 2 professors influenced him; the physicist Doppler and a botanist named Unger. Here he learned to study science through experimentation and aroused his
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