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    ESSAY: ANALYSIS OF THE STATUTES OF WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR. 1066 1. Introduction a)Nature of the text This is a juridical text in which the main decrees and laws that English people had to follow and accept after the conquest of England in 1066 are exposed. b). Location The text can be located in England‚ year 1066‚ after the Norman Victory in The Battle of Hastings. c) Author The author’s of the Statutes of William the Conqueror are William I and his princes‚ that is to say

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    Lenin’s Famine of 1921-1922 Lenin’s famine of the year 1921-22 occurred in Russia and is also referred to as the Poyolzhye famine. An estimated five million people lost their lives as a consequence of the famine which barely lasted for a period of two years. The main reasons that resulted in the famine were due to the economic turbulence experienced as a result of the First World War and also the Russian Revolution. As a result of the famine‚ several internal revolutions were recorded and this necessitated

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    art and literature. The statue of David‚ made by Michelangelo between 1501 and 1504‚ is a masterpiece of the Renaissance art. It is a seventeen feet tall sculpture of the biblical hero David‚ which was a favoured subject in the art of Florence. In 1501‚ Florence had just become independent from the Medici rule. This statue was commissioned by the Florentine council to be a gigantic model of heroic youth which would seem to protect Florence from the aggressors. The statue of David was one of the

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    Nature and also the freedoms that Nature’s God allows them. There are certain truths that the Declaration of Independence mentions such as Life‚ Liberty‚ and the pursuit of Happiness that nobody is allowed to take away from us. He wrote The Virginia Statue for Religious Freedom about people’s freedom of conscience and also the principle separation of the church and state. He believed there is a God and He allows us humans

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    Have you ever wondered how Michelangelo Buonarroti made the statue David? Michelangelo was an Italian sculptor‚ painter‚ architect‚ poet‚ and engineer of the high renaissance. It was believed that rivalry between city-states of renaissance Italy and the splendors of Milan provoked the Florentine authorities to commission colossal figures to rein the rooftop of their cathedral. The David for Florence Italy is the symbol of republican liberty‚ a young boy with the help of God overcome his tyrant. For

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    can be every bit as good as decisions made cautiously and deliberately.” (2)The quote above is in the introduction‚ "The Statue That Didn’t Look Right". The quote if in between the end of three of the author’s examples of rapid cognition and right before the author admits that snap decisions can also betray us sometimes. It represents the introductory tone of "The Statue That Didn’t Look Right and of the entire book itself. (3)The quote’s significance

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    The American Revolution got rid of the King‚ or the dictator‚ and replaced it with the idea of people participating in the political process. In the painting La Destruction de la Statue Royale a Nouvelle Yorck‚ poor people taking down the statue of King George III with ropes. Everyone was involved in taking down the statue‚ but the poor people seemed to be doing most of the work (Doc.A). The rich whites were treated with more respect than the slaves and poor whites. This picture has no words but we

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    “A father tell his son about the Statue of Liberty” In the whole world‚ people are searching for Liberty and no discrimination of who they are. Everyone have different cultures colors and religions. America is known for having many different races and cultures in their country. In the 60’ties racism and discrimination was a big problem‚ not to mention the time where white people had black people as slaves. Because of all this ignorance the KKK got created. KKK was a group of people‚ who hated

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    The name of the artwork I viewed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art is‚ Marble statue of Dionysos leaning on an archaistic female figure. The statue was created between 27 B.C to A.D 68‚ which was during the Augustan or Julio- Claudian period. The original artist is unknown‚ but Vincenzo Pacetti restored it. This artwork caught my attention because the size of the sculpture was different from other artwork in the room. The work is guiding viewers’ attention to a primary focal point‚ which is the bend

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    It’s an important milestone in history everywhere not only the United States. Some appreciation seems justified. The eight foot statue of Benjamin Franklin that stands in front of Boston’s French Second Empire Style Old City Hall has been there since 1856. It was Boston’s first public statue of a person. This piece of art has been there for centuries. Not only is this statue representing history‚ it has now become history itself. Not only that‚ but it was one of Boston’s firsts. Meaning that this sculpture

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