as more and more pilgrims came to visit the Holy lands‚ Seljuk Turks‚ Saracens‚ took over the lands and denied more Pilgrimages to the Holy Lands. This brought great anger to Pope Urban II. Pope Urban II was responsible for the very first Christian Crusade. He started this by giving an extremely influential speech to all Christians in Europe and Medieval time saying that the Saracens were turning Christian Churches into Mosques which were Muslim churches. Pope Urban II then told all Christian men
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COURSE 5: The Issue of Bad Writing in Swift and Pope The eighteenth century witnessed a major revolution‚ in some ways more profound than the Civil War‚ the Printing Trade. It was a state of anarchy within which struggling writers‚ who came from the lower strata‚ were writing in journals‚ newspapers‚ magazines etc. Great consumption of these kinds of writings led to the formation of the Grub Street (a London Street inhabited by literary hacks such as writers of small histories‚ dictionaries and
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involved with Nicaragua since 1850. They had been walking over them and the Nicaraguans didn’t seem to respond. In 1907 U.S. war ships took control of the Fonseca Gulf. In 1909‚ the Nicaraguan Nationalist Government finally decided to take a stand against the control. The government shot two of the U.S. mercenaries‚ but it only made matters worse for them. The United States decided to get more involved in Nicaraguan affairs‚ and in 1910 they forced a “puppet government” upon Nicaragua. After many years
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embattled president of Nicaragua‚ Anastasio Somoza DeBayle‚ fled Managua‚ leaving his regime defenseless as the rebels embarked on the capitol. After more than a decade of rebellion against the Somoza government‚ the Sandinista National Liberation Front (Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional‚ FSLN)‚ wrested control of Nicaragua from the Somoza’s tyranny. The ideological guerillas finally wielded the power to implement their revolutionary goals for the people of Nicaragua. Under the guidance of
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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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to take control of those countries. We needed Nicaragua to
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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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1. Puritans fled Europe in order to: a. Become acquainted with potential native peoples b. Exercise freedom of the press c. Practice freedom of religion d. Reestablish the Holy Roman Empire 2. The Seven Years War‚ called the French and Indian War by the Colonists: a. Was the precursor to the American Revolution b. Was a conflict related to European colonization c. Primarily took place in Canada d. Ended European conquests 3. Before the Civil War‚ to which of the
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Under the rule of the Sadanistas‚ conservative anti-communist groups are beginning to flee Nicaragua. These groups are forming guerilla units. Hundreds of rebels and supporters are trudging into southern Honduras based camps in a mass exodus. Their leaders say fewer than 2‚000 fighters remain in Nicaragua. Guerilla warfare is a type of warfare fought in fast-moving‚ small-scale actions against orthodox military and police forces and on occasion‚ against rival insurgent forces‚ either independently
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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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