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The Spread of Christianity

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Anglo-Saxon Christianity
Saxons
Anglo-Saxon mission
England in the Middle Ages
Anglo-Saxons

The?Spread?of?Christianity? ? ? The?spread?of?Christianity?overtime?replaced?the?old?warrior?religion?changing?the?way?of?life,?and?at?the? giving?it?new?meaning.?With?the?coming?of?Christianity?a?hope?for?poets?also?came?about.?As?the?conversion? of?Ireland?to?Christianity?took?place?a?new?era?known?as?Ireland's?Golden?Age?began?to?take?over.?Christian? munks?worked?hard?preserving?literature?of?the?ancient?world?and?works?of?popular?culture.?Due?to?the??rapid? growth??of??Christianity??the?Anglo?Saxon's?were?given?a?common?faith,?a?common?system?of?morality?and?right? conduct,?linking?England?with?Europe.?? ? Anglo?Saxon?religion?was?based?on?ethics.?It?was?the?earthly?values?such?as?bravery,?loyalty,?generosity,?and?

The Spanish Inquisition

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Religious persecution
Spanish Inquisition
Anti-Protestantism
Anti-Judaism
Counter-Reformation
Inquisition
Heresy
Converso
Historical revision of the Inquisition

The?Spanish?Inquisition?? ? ? This?paper?will?attempt?to?accurately?examine?the?development?of?the?Spanish?Inquisition,?from?the?spread?of? the?Inquisition?into?the?Spanish?territories?through?the?ultimate?upheaval,?and?the?initial?dissolvement,?of?the? authority?it?held?over?the?public?who?feared?it.?It?will?endeavor?to?show?the?implications?of?the??Spanish? Inquisition??and?how?it?was?ultimately?used?as?a?device?in?its?own?undoing.?Such?an?examination?helps?to? explain?the?use?of?Church?authority?in?secular?governing,?and?later?the?separating?of?the?Church?from?the? crown.?The?paper?will?also?take?a?closer?look?at?this?racial?injustice?in?an?attempt?helping?to?see?just?how?this? may?happen?again?if?not?understood?and?foreseen.??

The European Union

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Economy of the European Union
Interreg
European Union
euro

The?European?Union:?Cross?National?Variation?in?Public?Support,?1993?? ? ? Introduction?? ? The?European?Union?was?established?in?1951?with?the?adoption?of?the?European?Coal?and?Steel?Community.? Many?of?its?early?integrative?policies?were?technical?in?nature?and?received?little?attention?from?the?general? public.?Consequently,?a?permissive?consensus?developed?allowing?the?elite?to?pursue?the?ideals?established? by?the??European?Union??(EU)?(Eichenberg?and?Dalton?1993,?Gabel?and?Palmer?1995,?Gabel?1998).?In?time,? integrative?policies?became?increasingly?aggressive?in?their?scope?and?influence.?With?the?adoption?of?the? Single?European?Act?in?1985?and?the?Maastricht?Treaty?in?1991,?the?EU?began?dealing?forcefully?with?issues?

The Effect of European Colonialism on Kenya

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Kenya
Republics
Southeast Africa
Jomo Kenyatta
Luhya people
Africa
colonization
Colonialism
Nairobi
Jesse Mugambi
John Arthur

?The?sun?never?sets?on?the?British?Empire,??Great?Britain?often?bragged.?By?1914,?about?85%?of?the?earth?s? surface?was?colonized?by?Europe.?Between?1884?and?1885,?The?Berlin?Conference?took?place?to?carve?up? the?African?continent?(Background?Essay).?Europeans?saw?high?potential?in?Africa?and?thought?the?continent? was?empty,?even?though?it?was?not.?It?was?roughly??untouched??and?they?thought?they?could?do?anything?they? wanted?(Doc.1).?Great?Britain?s?colonization?in?Kenya?affected?the?country?s?religion?and?culture,?education,? and?government.?? European?colonization?in?Kenya?had?a?large?impact?on?Africa?s?religion?and?culture.?Africa?had?over?100? ethnic?groups?in?which?were?effected?from?the?colonization.?(Doc.2).?The?Europeans?believed?that?Africans?

Changing Attitudes Towards Women

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Desiderius Erasmus

Periods?of?European?History?that?Demonstrated?Changing?Attitudes?Towards?the?Education?of?Women?? ? ? ? ? Throughout?the?early?portion?of?modern?European?history,?women?were?? never?encouraged?to?undertake?any?significant?education.?Though?the?problem?? lessened?over?time,?it?was?still?a?strong?societal?force.?There?were?three?? major?time??periods??when?substantial?changes?took?place?in?attitudes?towards?? women's?education????the?Renaissance,?the?Reformation,?and?the?Seventeenth?? and?the?early?Eighteenth?centuries.?? ? The?earliest?time?period,?the?Renaissance,?may?have?actually?been?the?? most?liberal?time?period?for?women's?education.?The?church?was?the?only?? force?at?this?time?that?discouraged?education.?In?Erasmus's?book?"The??

History of Boniface

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Mayors of the Palace
Fulda
German folklore
Saint Boniface
Carloman
Boniface

Boniface?was?born?around?675?in?Devonshire?to?a?very?noble?family,?and?his?given?name?was?Winfrid? (Duckett?340).?He?was?sent?to?school?to?be?taught?by?the?monks.?His?parents?wanted?him?to?pursue? monetary?gains,?but?Winfrid?felt?called?to?do?religious?work?thanks,?in?part,?to?the?monks?who?often?visited? him.?He?fought?with?his?father?over?his?future,?but?obtained?his?father's?permission?and?went?to?the?monastery? of?Adescancastre.?Here,?he?studied?under?Abbot?Wolfhard,?"and?about?seven?years?later?he?went?to?the? Abbey?of?Nhutscelle?between?Winchester?and?Southampton"?("Catholic").?There,?he?studied?under?Abbot? Winbert.?Under?the?guidance?of?these?men,?Winfrid?became?very?knowledgeable?in?numerous?subjects?

Gender Emergence in England's History

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Gender studies
gender
Gender role
Patriarchy
Sociology of gender
Sexual orientation
Homosexuality
man
Feminism
Masculinity
Third gender

Gender?Emergence?in?England?s?History?? ? "Historicizing?Patriarchy:?The?Emergence?of?Gender?Difference?in?England,?1660?1760"?by?Michael?McKeon? is?a?powerful?and?original?hypothesis?as?to?"how?and?why?the?modern?system?of?gender?difference?was? established?during?the?English?Restoration?and?eighteenth?century"?(295).?McKeon,?a?professor?of?English? literature?at?Rutgers?University?is?also?the?author?of?several?essays,?including?"Politics?and?Poetry?in? Restoration?England"?and?"Origins?of?the?English?Novel."?? ? McKeon?uses?the?term?'patriarchalism'?because?it?attaches?itself?to?a?"traditional?regime"?which?will?in?later? centuries?be?replaced?by?the?"modern?conception?of??gender?"?(296).?This?term?is?mainly?identified?with?as?

Voltaire Enlightenment

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Age of Enlightenment
Secularism
Philosophes
Voltaire
Dictionnaire philosophique
Candide
Jean Calas
Toleration
religion
Poème sur le désastre de Lisbonne
Deism in England and France in the 18th century

Amanda Herrmann November 12, 2014 Period 7 By challenging organized religion and advocating for freedom, Voltaire's work reflected principles of Enlightenment thought. Questioning everything about organized religion, Voltaire reflected Enlightenment thought through the principle of reason. Advocating for different rights, Voltaire's various works reflected Enlightenment thought through nature.

Enlightenment

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Deism
Belief
Epistemology
Reason
Thought
Age of Enlightenment

The Enlightenment Begins An effort to apply the methods and principles of the scientific revolution to issues of political, economic, and social: REFORM (reason, nature, not revolution, progress) Enlightment thought Reason? ?The Age of Reason? Idea: ?test of reason? Test what? Custom and tradition, everything is subject to testing Purpose? Distinguish between Reasonable authority Acts reasonable Within natural rights Arbitrary authority Acts unreasonable Failing to express as reason Call for reform Q: Authority? Call out? ask How is this justifiable?? In end?? Criteria? The ?test? key Experience....explanation consisten with things observed now,,, if not doesn?t pass reason test Utility Use? Benefit to mankind? If doesn?t benefit?no reason to continue

Scientific Revolution

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Epistemology
Philosophical movements
Philosophical methodology
Philosophy of science
Scientific revolution
Science
Skepticism
Empiricism
scientific method
Truth
Reason
Knowledge

The Scientific Revolution?modern science Importance: begins modern age- #1 dvlp, single, most important dvlp in Europe Idea: revolution in?knowledge Idea: change in knowledge itself way look at knowledge. First to go back to before 1)Ancients: reference point Classical Greco and Roman Culture Aristotle?looked back to what is true 2)Moderns (now): Ancient heritage? Idea: SURPASED what ancients had done Now NEW and discover new knowledge -Knowledge never known by ancients -felt had possibility of learning new knowledge How?? Scientific method The ?Old? Science Idea: Revolutionary?how? Aristotelian Scholarticm?taught in medieval ed.; Aristotle ideas merged with Knowledge comes from?LOGIC

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