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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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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Copernicus Q1 Response: Why did Copernicus dedicate his great work to Pope Paul III? The Pope was God’s highest representative on Earth and held great moral authority. Early intellectuals were very religious and believed that God made possible the discoveries that were being made about the Earth. Copernicus knew what he was proposing would be controversial in the intellectual community. By seeking the Pope’s approval for his work‚ he recognized that‚ even if the community disagreed or even found
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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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heir to the throne in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. Four men stand out among dozens in this effort to define the powers of the lay versus that of the spiritual: Emperor/kings Henry IV and John of England‚ and the popes who aggressively challenged their exertions of authority‚ Pope Gregory VII and Pope Innocent III‚ respectively. The years and conditions through which the worldly battled the holy for the command of the people differed‚ but the themes and events which emerged amidst the strife
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Rape of the LOcke Rape of the lock : At the beginning of "The Rape of the Lock‚" Pope identifies the work as a “heroi-comical poem.” Today‚ the poem—and others like it—is referred to as a mock-epic and sometimes as a mock-heroic. Such a work parodies the serious‚ elevated style of the classical epic poem—such as The Iliad or The Odyssey‚ by Homer—to poke fun at human follies. Thus‚ a mock-epic is a type of satire; it treats petty humans or insignificant occurrences as if they were extraordinary
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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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------------------------------------------------- PASSWORDS * Special Passwords In versus mode‚ enter the following info to get the desired effect: Effect | Password | Boss: High Abbott (appears in invisible box in lower right-hand corner) | J Rubin‚ Jan 6 1970 | Boss: Kull (appears in invisible box in lower right-hand corner) | A Gavin‚ Jun 11 1970 | Character: Black Dragon | Eyvern‚ March 9‚ 1927 | Character: Gulab Jamun | Gulab‚ February 29‚ 1900 | Character: Major Trouble |
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William Pope Duval William Pope Duval‚ lawyer and congressman‚ the son of William and Anne (Pope) Duval‚ was born at Mount Comfort‚ Virginia in 1784. In 1804 he married Nancy Hynes and was admitted in to the bar that same year. On May 1821‚ President Monroe appointed Duval as a federal judge in the Eastern district of the Florida Territory. That is where his legacy in the Florida history begins. From 1822 -1834‚ Duval served as the first territorial Governor of the territory of Florida. In those
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Summary Pope Francis was born in Buenos Aires‚ Argentina‚ on December 17‚ 1936.His birth is Jorge Mario Bergoglio. Jorge was ordained as a priest in December 1969‚ Bergoglio began serving as a Jesuit in the provincial of Argentina in 1973. He became Pope Francis on March 13‚ 2013 because of Pope Benedict’s resignation. Pope Francis was also named the 266th pope of the Catholic Church. Bergoglio‚ the first pope from the Americas.Before his election as pope‚ Jorge served as archbishop of Buenos
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