changed England into a protestant country as a result of the divorce his first wife‚ Catherine of Aragon. When Henry died his son‚ Edward I‚ was a strong protestant and reinforced the protestant faith in England. When Edward I died at the age of 15‚ his half sister Mary became Queen. She was a strong Catholic‚ and this resulted in England returning to the Catholic religion which resulted in the persecution of non-Catholics. She married King Phillip of Spain who was also a devout Catholic. When Mary
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won‚ why did it matter who was guilty? At the time of the early 20th century‚ didn’t each Great Power take part in World War 1? This question of “war guilt‚”(1) and who deserved its acceptance‚ carried great political importance for historians in the postwar years. While some historians may argue the contemporary view- that Germany was the main aggressor and deserves the primary blame‚ I’d like to argue its counter traditional perspective. The traditional ideology argues that “the war was a result
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In 399 BCE‚ Socrates was put on trial and convicted to death for “impiety and corrupting the youth of the city” (Apology‚ p. 202). He asked many questions of people‚ making them look unintelligent and the upper-class youth followed suit. Instead of accepting his fate‚ he killed himself‚ denying his opposition the pleasure of doing so themselves. Confucius was a philosopher in China many years after the death of Socrates in Greece. His philosophy was based on natural order‚ specifically children minding
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There are many underlining issues in South Africa that have to be dealt with in order for our country to be called a rainbow nation. Post 1994 since our very first democratic elections South Africa has known no peace. It seems like the spirit of violence that was in the apartheid era was passed on to the new democratic South Africa as we are having violence‚ racism‚ hatred‚ bitterness‚ anger etc. “As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom‚ I knew if I didn’t leave my
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In 1054 the great schism occurred‚ which separated the Church into East and West. The two sides had always had differences‚ but had remained one Church up to this point. There were many factors leading with each side taking different stances on important issues in the Church like the Pope. The Photian schism‚ which included Photius excommunicating the entire Latin Church‚ also drove the two sides apart. The great schism was a very controversial time in the church. Both East and West had points
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The 95 Theses is what Martin Luther thought was wrong with the Catholic Church. Luther wrote the Theses and hammered it to the Wittenberg Castle Church on October 31‚ 1517. When Luther wrote the 95 Theses‚ he criticized the Pope’s power and the church’s extreme wealth. Luther also used the Printing Press to spread his 95 Theses quicker. Without the Printing Press‚ this phenomenon wouldn’t have happened. The document was written in Latin and posted on the door of a church‚ the 95 Theses became very
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Why was Britain the first country to industrialize? The industrial revolution‚ which occurred during the hundred years after 1780‚ was a true european revolution. It was in England that the industrial revolution first took hold. This change‚ which occurred between 1750 and 1830‚ happened because conditions were perfect in Britain for the Industrial Revolution. Having used wood for heat instead of coal‚ Britain was left with large deposits of coal remaining to fuel the new ideas. Any raw supplies
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Hammurabi had 282 laws many with extremely harsh punishments like death. Hammurabi was the ruler of Babylon for 42 years and was thought to have gotten his laws from the god of justice Shamash. I believe that Hammurabi’s code was unjust because of the family law‚ property law‚ and the personal injury law. First of all‚ it is unjust because of the family laws. Law 148 states that if a man’s wife wife is severely ill the man can remarry but he cannot divorce the ill wife and still has to take care
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The greatness of Alexander (the Great) is often a much debated question. The importance of such debates is arguably minimal- Alexander was quite clearly a great ruler‚ possibly the greatest to ever live. A much more disputable question regarding Alexander is that of his cruelty throughout his reign as Macedonian King. In order to ascertain the extent of Alexander ’s cruelty one must analyze a number of key events which occurred during his kingship. These include the actions he took following Phillips
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Why was slavery abolished in 1833? The Slavery Abolition Act of 1833 was the culmination of the dedicated effort of a great many people and marked the end of slave ownership in British colonies. In order to assess and understand the relative influences on the passing of this act we can break them down into three broad categories; social‚ economic and political. In 1833 Britain was a country that prided itself on its forward thinking and enlightened nature. With the onset of the industrial revolution
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