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    Mary Tudor is the first queen regnant in the history of England‚ who reigned from 1553 until her demise in 1558. She is greatly recognized for her religious persecutions and execution of over 300 Protestant subjects (Loades 54). Mary Tudor‚ Queen of England‚ was given birth on the 18th of February 1516‚ at the Palace of Placentia in Greenwich. She became the only surviving baby of Henry VIII and his first wife‚ Catherine of Aragon. Mary was known as Mary 1‚ Queen of England and Ireland. After Edward’s

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    John Stuart Mill

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    John Stuart Mill-Enlightenment and the freedom of thought Short biography John Stuart Mill was born in 1806‚ after the Enlightenment and after the American Declaration of Independence‚ but his interpretation of the basic ideas of liberty‚ individual rights‚ women’s rights‚ and other issues contribute to the continuing development of democratic ideas. Mill was a philosopher‚ economist‚ and (like his friend Jeremy Bentham) was a proponent of Utilitarianism. Utilitarians believed that an action

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    10/2/2011 Gobbledygook Gobbledygook is defined as when someone uses an extended amount of words in order to stretch their sentences out. According to Stuart Chase the author of “Gobbledygook” was founded by the Federal Security Agency and was said to help “Break out of the verbal squirrel cage”. Examples of Gobbledygook can be found in such places as academic and legal talk. An example of Gobbledygook can be found in the legal world. Gobbledygook is defined by most lawyers as “squandering words

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    Stuart Mill Conformity

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    As a social theorist in the mid 19th century‚ John Stuart Mill maintained a Utilitarian outlook. Yet‚ his enlightened perspective discouraged forced conformity and promoted the misfit. Furthermore‚ Mill argued that individual liberty is necessary to obtain progress in society.3 This concept remains relevant to the world we see today because‚ without deviants such as Brenda Berkman and Autherine Lucy‚ society would stagnate. In the essay Of Individuality‚ published by Mill in 1869‚ the theorist

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    NOTES – JOHN STUART MILL - UTILITARIANISM 1. John Stuart Mill – On Virtue and Happiness (1863)The utilitarian doctrine is‚ that happiness is desirable‚ and the only thing desirable‚ as an end; all other things being only desirable as means to that end. What ought to be required of this doctrine‚ what conditions is it requisite that the doctrine should fulfill‚ to make good its claim to be believed? The only proof capable of being given that an object is visible is that people actually see it.

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    Love by Jesse Stuart.

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    Jesse Stuart was born in 1907 and once he managed to get the opportunity to attend high school and then college‚ he realized that he has a talent as a writer. He is the author of numerous short stories and some novels‚ including biography of his father‚ who was the person that fostered his love for nature and appreciation of individuality. Due to my age I tend to think about love a lot. Though my musings are not concentrated on the sweet side of this beautiful feeling. I see love as suffering in

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    of Henry Tudor in replacing Richard III as king due to the events on the battlefield at Bosworth Clearly the death of Richard at the battle of Bosworth in 1485 was the final contributing factor to his demise‚ but it had certainly been brought about by Henry Tudor’s efforts and was undoubtedly not an event of simply sheer fortune for Tudor. It is the act of Richard breaking rank in a seemingly desperate final drive for victory that many site as the reason for the succession of Henry Tudor‚ though

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    The majority of rebellions during Tudor England – 1485-1603 – did not carry out their principal objectives and reasons of this can be harshly classified by category in consequence of the weakness in the rebellion‚ or of the force of the reigning monarch. For example the poor control of a revolt beside the purely localised complaints would not have probably led to a successful rebellion and can be seen like defect of the rebels. On the one hand the stability and the force of the government would also

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    the Tudor period vs. Current day I. Introduction: This paper examines the treatment of Royal women in England during the Tudor period‚ in particular the wives of King Henry VIII. This is more in depth than just the wives of Henry VIII‚ but compares their treatment with that of modern day England. I am going to perform in-depth research into the wives of King Henry VII and that of the current Royal family. Today’s Royals have much more freedom and are treated better than during the Tudor period

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    Mary Stuart inherited the throne of Scotland when she was just six days old. From that moment forward every decision made needed to provide for Mary’s personal safety‚ her claim to the Scottish throne‚ and her right to practice her Catholic faith (Ashby & Ohrn 47). When she was just a toddler‚ Mary’s mother chose to send her to be raised at court in France where she was well educated and free to attend Catholic services. In order to return to Scotland as a young adult Mary was forced to agree

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