Pope Clement VII Giulio de’ Medici was born in the exquisite city of Florence‚ Italy on May 26‚ 1478. He was the son of Fioretta Gorini‚ and the prevailing Giuliano de’ Medici whom was in fact one of the pronounced leaders of Florence during the late 1400’s. Giuliano de’ Medici was brother of Lorenzo the Magnificent and was recognized as the “co-ruler” of Florence in his time. After the tragic assassination of his father and death of his mother‚ Giulio de’ Medici was then taken in and educated
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to seize cannons and other artillery from the fort. The artillery increased the Continental Army’s military strength‚ and were utilized to lead the Americans to multiple victories in future battles (“History.com Capture”). Therefore‚ not only did Benedict Arnold take part in leading the Continental Army towards their first victory‚ but he also helped boost both the military strength and the confidence of the rest of the army‚ so that they could carry on to win the
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In “Imagined Communities‚” Benedict Anderson speculated that the transition from printing work in Latin to printing in a wide variety of vernacular created space for the idea of nationalism to form and initiate an alternative option to religion. Before 1500‚ roughly 77% of the books printed were in Latin‚ as estimated by French historians Lucien Febvre and Henri-Jean Martin‚ which resulted in an ever widening gap between the literate and illiterate. Once Latin was usurped by the vernacular around
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William Henry Pope William Henry Pope was born in Bedeque‚ P.E.I on May 29‚1825. The elder son of James Pope and Lucy Colledge. He was educated on P.E.I and later in England‚ he was studing Law. He was called to the bar in 1847‚ In addition to practicing Law‚ he acted as a land agent. Through the 1850’s he became very involved with the Concervative Party. He began his official political career in 1859. He was not elected that year‚ but was appointed colonial secretary new policy of "nondepartmentalism"
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Benedict Arnold was highly regarded as America’s greatest Revolutionary general. Due to his high rank on the battlefield it seemed most unlikely that Arnold would retreat to the other side. "Arnold has betrayed us. Whom can we trust now?" asked George Washington who felt that no one could be trusted once Arnold had betrayed his country of which he had shown so much love for. Arnold had been a die-hard patriot who at the Boston Massacre asked if the Americans were asleep‚ waiting to be robbed of their
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Alexander Pope uses this to his benefit when he depicts the crime in The Rape of the Lock. By alluding to Milton’s work‚ Pope is able to comically refer to the cutting of a lock of hair as a tragic and epic event. In doing this‚ he paradoxically assumes that the crime is not one of personal fault‚ but one fated to happen by God‚ just as in Paradise Lost. “What dire offence from amorous causes springs‚ / What mighty contests rise from trivial things‚” (Pope‚ ll. 1-2). These
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The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict FATt Sentence: In the book The Extraordinary Education of Nicholas Benedict‚ by Trenton Lee Stewart‚ a young orphan boy struggles to uncover the mystery of a hidden treasure. Nicholas Benedict’s Rules: Don’t get too excited. (Nicholas has narcolepsy‚ a condition that causes him to suddenly fall asleep‚ and his sleeping spells are induced by sudden strong emotions.) Don’t let the “Spiders” get the best of you. (Nicholas has pride and cannot stand
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Swift said that he wrote Gulliver’s Travels to ’vex the world ’. Discuss the purpose of Augustan satire‚ with reference to works by Swift and Pope. This essay will strive to prove that the ‘Augustan Age’ was the first example of a literary community using satire to directly challenge cultural‚ social‚ political and challenging intellectual issues. It is quite usual to find in satiric works of the 18th century an unusually direct assault from the writers against contemporary government officials
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Though Pope Urban II promised a heaven for the Franks and expanded Christianity‚ I believe that his message was frightening rather than inspiring. I have come to this conclusion because in an ideal mind‚ a pope‚ a man of the church is thought to be pure and pious. However‚ Pope Urban II is in fact acting as a political leader‚ scheming and plotting against the Turks‚ under the façade of a pope. In his appeal to the Franks‚ Pope Urban II begins his speech in an ominous and foreboding tone. This
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Gesta Version recorded that Pope Urban said as much‚ “Great is your reward in Heaven.” This previous quote follows the same path that the first two accounts discussed as well. Pope Urban knew that if he could make the men confidant in their eternal life then they would march wherever he told them to. This manipulation of a man’s spirituality was a very cunning move since a lot of the regular soldiers would have to come from the peasants of the nation. Thus‚ when Pope Urban told them that if they
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