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    Ideas of the renaissance can be traced back to lead to the Thirty Years War. Humanism‚ individualism‚ rationalism and most of all secularism first appeared in popular culture during that time period and are the core ideas. These ideas gave Luther the ideas for his reforms of the church and cause the protestant reformation which will then lead to a main force in the Thirty Years War which is secularism at the beginning. Protestant reformation drove Europe into a time a chaos such as the Middle

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    Congress of Vienna

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    creating equilibrium of powers. Prince Metternich‚ representative of Austria‚ wanted the containment of France; to deprive France of rising up again‚ the Congress of Vienna purposely surrounded France by stronger countries. Metternich also wished to have a legitimacy government; therefore the bourbons of France‚ Spain‚ and Naples were restored and the dynasties in Holland‚ Sardinia‚ Tuscany‚ and Modena were restored. Russia‚ Austria‚ Prussia‚ and England formed a Concert of Europe that helped urge tradition

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    Franz Jaggerstatter

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    Franz Jaggerstatter Born on 20th May‚ 1907 in the small town of St. Radegund in Upper Austria‚ Franz Jagerstatter‚ was rejected by his country for not complying with military requests and was later persecuted. Jaggerstatter started in his early life as a in the church and became a sexton. He was spent his childhood living with his mother‚ Rosalia Huber‚ and stepfather/adoptive father‚ Heinrich Jagerstatter‚ on a small farmland. As Jagerstatter grew into youth he was well known to his dedicative

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    The Revolutions of 1848

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    The Revolutions of 1848 The Revolutions of 1848 were caused by numerous events taking place in Europe. A range of conflicts that were going on in different countries throughout Europe led up to the proceeding of these Revolutions. For instance‚ France was awaiting the death of their king Louis Philippe. Germany was going through liberal pressure with their 30 loosely bound states‚ and Italy was also struggling with all the newly acquired kingdoms. However‚ the main cause were the rebellions

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    Treaty of St Germain • When Austria agreed to the breakup of the Habsburg Empire. • Hungary‚ Poland‚ Czechoslovakia as independent countries • Austrian army limited to 30‚000 • Pay reparations Treat of Neuilly • Signed with Bulgaria • Bulgaria lost land to Greece but gained some from Turkey • $400 million reparations • 20‚000 army size Treaty of Trianon The Treaty of Trianon with Hungary in 1920 took land from Hungary and gave it to the new nation-states. Transylvania was given

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    With the fleeting political success of those in the West‚ the Eastern European Countries had produced some of the strongest absolutist monarchies that influenced future government styles and policies. The beginning of rule in the East was mainly based off of strong noble landlords in power over the peasantry in serfdom. They held return bounties of runaway peasants‚ and increased their workload. That was possible because of the political manipulation from the noble in charge: “The local lord was

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    Christian Doppler

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    Research Paper: Christian Doppler Physical Science 3/23/14 Christian Andreas Doppler was born November 29‚ 1803 Salzburg‚ Austria. Doppler’s Father was a stonemason. Doppler studied physics at Vienna University of Technology and University of Vienna. In 1847 he accepted a professorship in mathematics‚ physics‚ and mechanics at the Academy of Mines and Forests in the Slovakian town Banska Stiavnica. In 1850 he was appointed head of the Institute for Experimental Physics at the University of

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    become part of Austria’s cultural heritage. The Hundertwasser house embodies the practical elements necessary of architecture (I.E. roof and walls to shelter from rain and wind) but in a new non –conventional way. The Hundertwasser house in Vienna‚ Austria is an example of post modern architecture. The Hundertwasser house contains no clean right angles(even on the floors) and is loaded with colour. Plants and trees become a part of the whole building which‚ unlike other buildings allows it to vary

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    Adolf Hitler- Outline

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    HAUWA HARUNA A00013111 Ethics and leadership (PHIL 300) 6th JUNE 2012 My Leader: Outline Background of Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler was born on the 20th of April 1889 in a small town in Austria called Brannua. He was raised in a broken home and was abused by his father while growing up. Hitler was known to have a keen interest in art and actually applied to an art school in Vienna but was turned down. He later began a career in the military as a messenger to deliver instructions to generals behind

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    The Patria Affair

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    average 1.290 days for the settlement of the lawsuit between two companies. A good example is also the lawsuit of three Slovenian politicians which was involved in international affaire Patria. Patria is an international affair between Slovenia‚ Austria and Finland‚ where businessmen of Finland’s company Patria has bribed some of Slovenian politicians to get involved in business of production of 135 armored vehicles evaluated 287 000 000 EUR for needs of Slovenian army. The truth first came out

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