My Essay is a discussion of the causes for the Age of Discovery‚ and the early colonization of the Americas‚ the Age of Discovery occurred in Europe‚ in the mid 15th to 16th centuries‚ and describes the time period in which Europe; predominantly Spain; set out to discover a new safe passage to the Indies‚ and Asia. The impetus for the discovery was the continued unrest in the Middle East after the Crusaders had returned to Europe. I will discuss how these events influenced the discovery of the Americas
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finance of the town he was very trustworthy. By occupation he was a Glover‚ but he also appears to have dealt from time to time in various kinds of agricultural produce‚ such as barley‚ timber and wool. He is sometimes described in formal documents as a yeoman‚ and it is highly probable
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wrote so it was accessable to middle class. Characters: Knight=heroic figure‚ traveled a lot‚ undefeated‚ BUT‚ not a great horse and stained clothes=sir bullshit? Squire=son of knight‚ musical and stylish‚ likes staying up all night with ladies Yeoman=well equipped hunter/forester Nun-Prioress=Madame Eglantine‚ awful accent in French and a nasal voice‚ eats like a vaccum‚ small dogs‚ worldy tastes and social pretensionnot very nunly. Monk=doesn’t follow poverty vow—hunts with good equipment and
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PROLOGUE :9 PROLOGUE TO THE CANTERBURY TALES COMIC REALISM Q. Write a brief essay on Chaucer’s Realism in The Prologue to the Canterbury Tales and add a note on the Comic Realism in it. (2005‚ 2009). Ans: Realism in literature implies portraiture of life‚ people and things as they really are without idealizing them. True to this idea‚ Chaucer is basically a realist and is interested in people and things around him and the atmosphere and activities of England in the fourteenth century. His
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‘Ultimately‚ Malvolio is a comic character’ To what extent do you agree with this statement? Comedy is entertainment consisting of jokes and satire‚ in order to make an audience laugh. In my opinion‚ Malvolio is a comic character. A comic character would need characteristics to do with comedy. For example‚ in Malvolio’s case‚ he shows that he is an arrogant character‚ almost villainous‚ and because of Marias plot he can be seen getting what he deserves‚ and a villainous character getting their
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Chaucer begins the Prologue with a beautiful announcement of spring. This introduction is the voice of the Poet‚ polished‚ elegant‚ and finished. He tells us that just as Nature has a predictable course through the seasons‚ so does human nature follow a seasonal pattern‚ which causes people to want to break out of winter’s confinement and go traveling in the spring. Thus the stage is set for Chaucer‚ who is the Narrator of this poem. Twenty-nine travelers meet at the Tabard Inn in London before
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Geoffrey Chaucer (/ˈtʃɔːsər/; c. 1343 – 25 October 1400)‚ known as the Father of English literature‚ is widely considered the greatest English poet of the Middle Ages and was the first poet to be buried in Poet’s Corner of Westminster Abbey. While he achieved fame during his lifetime as an author‚ philosopher‚ alchemist and astronomer‚ composing a scientific treatise on the astrolabe for his ten year-old son Lewis‚ Chaucer also maintained an active career in the civil service as a bureaucrat‚ courtier
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Oliver Cromwell was born in 25 April 1599. Cromwell Died on 3 September 1658. He rose from fairly humble beginnings to become the most victorious military and political leader of the Civil Wars‚ who was part of the joint republican‚ military and parliamentarian effort that caused the downfall of the Stuart monarchy as a result of the English Civil War‚ and was consequently invited by his associate leaders to assume a head of state role in 1653. As such‚ Cromwell ruled as "Lord Protector" for a five-year
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Kenneth Lockridge‚ A New England Town: The First Hundred Years (New York: W. W. Norton & Company‚ Inc.‚ 1970) Many historical texts about the American Revolution and the events leading up to it are generalized‚ unspecific and do not investigate the preliminary causes of the changes America underwent before the Revolution. However‚ A New England Town by Professor Kenneth Lockridge attempts to describe how the colonies in America developed by following the progress of a typical Puritan colonial
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AP US History & IBH1 2012-2013: Midterm Test Review Know the following vocab: Early Settlement: Halfway Covenant- A Puritan church document; In 1662‚ the Halfway Covenant allowed partial membership rights to persons not yet converted into the Puritan church; It lessened the difference between the "elect" members of the church from the regular members; Women soon made up a larger portion of Puritan congregations. Massachusetts Bay Company-One of the first settlements in New England;
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