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    The motive behind the crusades was the hunger for power and religious ideals and you can understand this to be concealed behind a façade In 1095‚ the Pope Urban II conveyed his unsettlement over the Holy land through a speech to which was delivered to his supporters. Through the inspiring speech Pope expressed his concerns over the Turks having control over Jerusalem and appealed to the desires of all Christians everywhere that supporting this movement would at the least earn them a place in heaven

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    Final Hours of Pope John Paul II It was Saturday‚ April 2‚ around 2:30 PM‚ when the Pope John Paul II passed away. Hours before‚ thousands of people clogged Rome’s streets of Peters Square‚ as the Pope John Paul II awaited his passing. Tourists‚ Romans and religious followers gathered to show their regards. This was no easy passing for the Pope‚ he lead nearly one billion Catholics over his twenty-six year papacy. In his last hour‚ everyone noticed a sense of finality with Pope John Paul II and

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    by historians as to whom to give credit for initiating The First Crusade. Some individuals might say that Peter the Hermit is responsible. However‚ historians agree that Pope Urban II ’s speech at the Council of Clermont initiated the First Crusade and influenced the people and events in the battles. In August of the year 1095 Pope Urban arrived in France to help reform the church there. He soon called for a general church council in November at Clermont‚ and traveled through various towns reforming

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    Examples Jessie Pope – who’s in for the game and Wilfred Owen- ‘Dulce Et Decorum Est’ Question: How and why do the text differ and how would they be interpreted by different readers? Focus of the Text The focus of this written task was to show understanding of war language and how this language works. For example there are a couple of things that often recur in war language such as metaphors and simile. However‚ these two stylistic devices can be used in both a positive (Jessie Pope) and a negative

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    fight.”. This lighthearted tone continues when Pope utilises the idea linking nature of rhyme to contrast the ‘courageous’ options and the ‘cowardly’ options‚ as can be seen in lines 2 and 4. After reading these lines‚ it is clear to the reader that Pope has represented war as a game noble and glorious. On line 11 Pope suggests that the worst thing that could happen to a soldier is to return home on crutches - not death - and on lines 7 and 8 Pope asks every young man if they want to take part

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    ___‚ the Pope received the letter asking to help fight the Seljuks Turks and to drive them off Byzantine territory. The Pope during the late 12st century was Pope Urban II. Pope Urban II was a Catholic Christian and was in charge of all Catholic Church affairs. The Catholic Kingdoms derived from the Roman empire after the civilization had fallen.The kingdoms expanded its territory from present day France through present day Hungary; essentially Western Europe. In Catholic Kingdoms‚ the Pope has control

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    Why does the Pope argue that socialism is an unacceptable economic system? Pope Leo XIII argues that socialism is an unacceptable economic system simply because it does not fall within the boundaries of natural rights. The Pope starts out by saying socialism strives off of the poor man’s envy of the rich by supporting the publication of private property. Pope Leo focuses on the rights of man given to him by nature‚ which‚ he claims‚ one of the rights is possession of private property. Man‚ by his

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    In this exhortatation by Pope John Paul II‚ I found important reminders addressed to every family and to those who are planning to make a family. The pope reminds them to be responsible in their obligation as spouses‚ to participate the Church’s call to educate their children‚ to help our brothers and sisters who are living in poverty‚ and to have foresight. Every married couple has a responsibility to give support to their children. They should give them their rights and treat them as human beings

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    Religion is usually caught in the middle of power struggles for the control of a country and in March of 1983 Nicaragua was no different. During this period the country was in amidst of war‚ the Contras were opposing the Sandinista government. So when Pope John Paul II was set to visit the country‚ many Sandinista Catholic supporters hope he would help to bring about social justice for the poor and support the government. Believing this would bring an end to the civil war that was consuming the country

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    The people of France began to call her “Madame Veto” due to the fact that when King Louis XVI tried to appease the social division of the people of France by proposing reforms to end the worst excess of privilege and to impose a more progressive taxation system the clergy and nobility vetoed it. The people of France blamed it on the Queen for her persuasive ways. She sided with the pessimists of the court that were against compromising with more modest revolutionaries. She was against change in

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