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    O’Malley’s Trent and All That: Renaming Catholicism in the Early Modern Era examines terminology used by historians to describe Catholicism in the early modern era‚ the Reformation to the late seventeenth century. O’Malley summarizes a range of historical scholarship of Catholicism in the period‚ and the names and labels used to describe Catholicism in the period. The book goes through various historians and their contribution to the subject‚ Hubert Jedin being a prime example. He notes the issue

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    The Columbian Exchange was a time when global diffusion of plants/crops‚ animals‚ human populations‚ and disease took place after voyages of exploration by European mariners. The Columbian Exchange effected both Europe and America from 1492-1750 in a similar way because they gained new resources and gave resources to each other; however‚ they differ in that Europe was affected in a greater quality‚ and America was affected in a more unfavorable way. The plants/crops that Europe received from America

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    upon belief‚ alongside support from the Catholic Church and misogynistic views surrounding the female body‚ caused a demon ideology to turn into a rampant and crazed fanaticism with evil that we understand as the witch craze today. During the early modern era‚ wars in Europe were becoming ideologically segregated. An influx of accessible rationalist information as well as‚ public intolerance towards the Catholic Church through Protestant beliefs were notable and began to create civil divides amongst

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    The Prince & The Return of Martin Guerre It appears as though human beings did very little in shaping and controlling their own destinies in early modern Europe‚ and the works of The Prince‚ written by Niccolo Machiavelli in 1513 and The Return of Martin Guerre‚ written Natalie Zemon Davis in 1928 helps to exemplify this view. The Prince is a primary source recollection of Machiavelli’s thoughts on what makes a good ruler. He discussed his feelings on Princedom on how a prince should rule and

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    The Gentlewoman’s Companion (1673)‚ one of many early modern conduct books I surveyed this past year for an honors thesis entitled "’Chaste‚ Silent‚ and Hungry’: The Problem of Female Appetite in Early Modern England‚ 1550-1700."3 As indicated by the title‚ this project explores a provocative but as of yet scarcely studied facet of early modern gender constructions: female food desire.4 I use the word "desire" here rather deliberately‚ as early modern definitions of appetite extended well beyond the

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    Internet Source Criticism * WWW.DKIEL.COM The source that I’ve chosen for this assignment goes under the URL www.dkiel.com. I found this source by googling a specific event during the early modern period rather than the whole topic itself and then I found this source by googling reformation early modern period. I came directly to an article (http://www.dkiel.com/Reformation/EnglishReformation.html) that was under the possession of www.dkiel.cOM. The source’s top level domain is .com‚ which means

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    sports an essential part of the early modern era? Do they have a place in today’s society? Blood sports of Great Britain and its American colonies in the early modern era encouraged violent tendencies among men. These tendencies were necessary for use in contemporary warfare. Blood sports also helped to solidify class divisions by providing an avenue for the nobility and the rich to demonstrate their superiority over one another and the rest of society. In the modern world‚ however‚ violence that

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    The Early Modern Period General Bibliography The recommended survey text is Merry E. Wiesner-Hanks‚ Early Modern Europe‚ 1450-1789 (Cambridge U.P.‚ 2006). In preparation for this section of the core course‚ you should read chapter 1. Other one-volume surveys include: Euan Cameron‚ ed.‚ Early Modern Europe: An Oxford History (1999): stimulating thematic essays‚ but not the place to get your facts straight George Huppert‚ After the Black Death: A Social History of Early Modern

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    DBQ 7: Children Identify the various assumptions about children in early modern Europe‚ and analyze how these assumptions affected child-rearing practices. The treatment of children during the early modern century was quite a controversial subject‚ as the high infant mortality rates greatly affected views and opinions towards the children. However‚ the different social classes all possessed various advantages‚ privileges‚ and conditions‚ which would shape different opinions towards child

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    but she also shows herself in the Venetian senate chamber to testify in support for her love of Othello and her wishes to accompany him on his military campaign. She shows no fear of public speech or speaking her mind to others above her. Many early modern texts‚ however‚ bind women to the acts of silence and obedience. Many parts of Desdemona’s bold personality can allow for a negative interpretation if someone happens to read her with an intent to find some sort of fault. Othello’s lieutenant‚

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