THE BASIS OF THE GOTHIC STYLE Tom Bender * March 26‚ 1964 Top Award Winner – 1964 National Architectural History Student Competition A building is more than an assemblage of materials to provide a shelter for man. It is an expression of the society that created it‚ its forms shaped by the outlook‚ values‚ orientation and maturity of the society‚ and reflecting the nature‚ strengths and weaknesses of the various aspects of the society. It in turn shapes and directs the society in its role as
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476 - The fall of the Roman Empire. Rome had ruled much of Europe. Now much of the land would fall into confusion as local kings and rulers tried to grab power. This is the start of the Dark Ages or the Middle Ages. 481 - Clovis becomes King of the Franks. Clovis united most of the Frankish tribes that were part of Roman Province of Gaul. 570 - Muhammad‚ prophet of Islam is born. 732 - Battle of Tours. The Franks defeat the Muslims turning back Islam from Europe. 800 - Charlemagne‚ King of the
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suffered from the evolution of agriculture‚ but still‚ agriculture does have an amazing impact on our lives today. During the Middle Ages‚ farming was simple and lacking efficiency. Farming wasn’t complicated‚ but it wasn’t necessarily effective during the Middle Ages. After much work and hours of labor we make it to modern farming‚ a huge leap from where farming was in the Middle Ages. Today we have advanced technology to cut down human labor‚ farming methods that get the job done faster‚ and staple crops
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THE CHURCH IN MEDIEVAL LIFE During the Middle Ages‚ two distinct Christian churches emerged: the Orthodox Christian Church in the east and the Roman Catholic Church in the west. (The two branches split permanently in 1054. The Roman Catholic Church became the main stabilizing force in Western Europe. The church provided religious leadership as well as secular‚ or worldly‚ leadership. It also played a key role in reviving and preserving learning. At the head of the Roman Catholic Church was the
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Is It Time to Lower the Drinking Age? Over 5000 deaths occur from alcohol-related actions each year (McCardell). Binge drinking‚ a major issue among underage drinkers‚ is defined as having at least 5 drinks on one occasion (Kiesbye 21). The US is one of just four countries with an age requirement of 21. Only Islamic countries have more restrictive drinking laws. (Kiesbye 26). The minimum age of 21 passed Congress in 1984 (Balko). Vermont fought the law concerning the minimum age all the way
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The late middle ages were years filled with turmoil. Famine‚ plague‚ turmoil in religion‚ and a war lasting over one hundred years all happened within the same two centuries. Many feared that these ages were the apocalypse‚ as these signs were those of the four horseman predicted in religious scripture. Several people ran from urban surroundings in order to escape the chaos and disease spreading in the cities. The late middle ages were the ending of something old and the beginning of something that
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After the Middle Ages‚ a religious reformation that traveled through Europe occurred. This religious reformation is known as the Protestant Reformation. Many events happened during the Middle Ages that led to the Protestant Reformation. Some of these events were the Catholic church‚ Martin Luther‚ and the printing press. These three events had a large enough effect that they were a big cause of the reformation. Many people dislike the Catholic Church’s traditions. A big reason for this was because
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relatively short time. It is clear that alternatives to the bomb existed and that Truman and his advisers knew it. [Emphasis added.] The author of that statement is not a revisionist; he is J. Samuel Walker‚ chief historian of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Nor is he alone in that opinion. Walker is summarizing the findings of modern specialists in his literature review in the Winter 1990 issue of Diplomatic History. Another expert review‚ by University of Illinois historian Robert Messer
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Factors affecting the time period of a pendulum Aim: To investigate the factors affecting the time period of a pendulum. Introduction: The time period of a pendulum is the time taken for the pendulum to swing from the first position‚ A‚ through positions B and C and back to position A again. [pic] Many factors can affect the time period of the pendulum. These factors are: length of string‚ angle from which the pendulum is dropped‚ the air resistance and the weight of the pendulum. In
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oldest emotion known to the mankind? That is fear. And gothic literature can be explained as fear-literature. But the true gothic tale has something more than secret murder‚ bloody bones‚ or clanking chains . So‚ let me explain how to know what is the real gothic book. First of all‚ i will give you some backround. Gothic fiction began as a joke.In 1764 author Horace Walpole first applied the word ‘Gothic’ to a novel in the subtitle – ‘A Gothic Story’ – of The Castle of Otranto‚ a short novel in which
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