British History In A Nutshell Britain: situated near the continent; coast easily accessible; fertile coun-try; temperate climate; mineral resources -> several invasions about 800 BC Celts (related to the Celts in Gaul) 55 " 54 BC Julius Caesar landed twice; wanted to frighten them 43 AD Roman conquest began -> peace and order until about 410; roads‚ walls (e.g. Hadrian’s Wall 123)‚ forts‚ cities (place names ending in "chester")‚ baths‚ theatres‚ ... 410 " 430 withdrawal of legions; Angles‚ Saxons
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early-fifteenth-century English music‚ marked by pervasive CONSONANCE with frequent use of HARMONIC thirds and sixths‚ often in parallel motion. * John Dunstable: * Guillaume Dufay: * Gilles Binchois: * Chapel: A group of salaried musicians and clerics employed by a ruler‚ nobleman‚ church official‚ or other patron‚ who officiate at and furnish music for religious services. * Cantilena (motet) : (Latin‚ "song") POLYPHONIC song not based on a CANTUS FIRMUS; used especially for polyphonic songs
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http://theliterarylink.com/kant.html 2. Newman‚ John Henry. 1826. “Sermon 1. The Philosophical Temper‚ First Enjoined by the Gospel.” The National Institute for Newman Studies‚ 2007. Accessed November 12‚ 2012. http://www.newmanreader.org/works/oxford/sermon1.html
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AP Comparative Government and Politics: Iran Outline -Iran has a theocracy: government ruled strictly by religion‚ and the second leads the country toward secularization: the belief that religion and government should be separated -Only theocracy pol system multi-faceted and cannot be boiled down simply to a monolithic representation of the Islamic world. Sovereignty‚ Authority‚ and Power -Iran’s greatest rival was ancient Greece‚ West vs. East -King Darius-authority was supported by a strong
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in the history of NU. Just imagine‚ when Indonesia was not independent from the Dutch colonialism‚ in the difficult circumstances of Aswaja clerics in Java still had a close look at what is happening in Hijaz (saudi arabia). At that time in Hijaz was in the early days of the founding of Saudi Arabia’s kingdom. At that time‚ the Javanese chaplains and clerics were troubled by the news that the Prophet’s tomb would be razed to the ground or dismantled by a Saudi ruler supported by Wahabi advisers.
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Introduction The event which turned out to be breaking news took place on 22 May 2013‚ and it seems that the aftermaths are still filling up some newspapers. On that day‚ a British Army soldier Drummer Lee Rigby‚ was killed by two Islamists near the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich‚ southeast London. At the time of the attack‚ Rigby was off duty and walking along Wellington Street. Two men who were later identified as Michael Olumide Adebolajo‚ 28 years old‚ and Michael Oluwatobi
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Economic Change and Social Tension in the Late Fourteenth Century In the 1370s‚ English society was under a great deal of tension. There were: Political problems resulting from the lack of an undisputed leader and from the failure of the war effort. Religious problems due to lack of spiritual leadership from the church‚ complicated by the same war pressures‚ which introduced the divisive issue of clerical taxation into relations between clerical and lay politicians. In the same decade
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Bosnia: Ethno-Religious Nationalisms in Conflict Conflict Resolution and Secondary PTSD 1. The area has for centuries been comprised of long-suppressed religious and ethnic differences. Yugoslavia had always been made up of rival ethnic and cultural groups. Historically made up of Catholic Croats‚ Orthodox Serbs‚ and Muslim Bosniaks. In addition to cultural and religious differences‚ the area is strategic in accessing the Mediterranean‚ and has always been a flashpoint between the Ottoman Empire
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policy never hardened enough‚ or became accepted enough‚ to prevent it being disintegrated when Mary came to power in 1553. The religious situation was highly unstable at the time of Edward ’s ascendance. Although Henry had allowed Protestant leaning clerics to predominate in the later year of his reign‚ most religious statutes remained orthodox‚ and conservative. But under Somerset Protestants who had previously fled to Europe after the six articles‚ such as Hooper‚ Becon‚ and Turner‚ all returned. Many
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legendary mark on history. She was known for dressing like a man in a suit of armor and leading the French troops against the in English in the Hundred Years War. Eventually being apprehended Joan was turned over to the English but tried by the French clerics who surprisingly supported the English. George Bernard‚ author of Saint Joan‚ wrote the play based on Arc’s life. A character in the play is the Inquisitor. The church court whose members decided Joan’s fate was to hear out the Inquisitor’s speech
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