growing threat of the Muslim expansion against the Holy Roman Empire and the rest of Europe‚ Pope Urban II set forth a hazardous request at the Council of Clermont in 1095 for an army of Eastern and Western Christian warriors and nobility to fight a Holy War against the Muslims and other religious heretics. Four crusade missions were led‚ three of which were sent in hopes of recapturing the Holy Lands in Palestine from the Muslims‚ but ultimately failed. The Fourth Crusade was funded by the Venetians
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Empire and Western Europe were both very powerful nations between 700 and 1300 CE. That was an important time in the history of the world‚ when many changes were taking place. People were making decisions on what place they wanted to be loyal to‚ and these Empires did not always get along. The Byzantine Empire and Western Europe both left lasting effects on Europe and the world‚ but were vastly different in religious matters and in political systems. The Byzantine Empire and Western Europe both left
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Around 1347 in Western Europe‚ an Asia epidemic‚ The Black Death became widely spread through frequent trading with infected cities. In three years’ time‚ one third or about twenty-five millions of Europe’s population was killed by the plague. The Black Death victims were susceptible to contracting the plague due the seven year famine that occurred directly before the outbreak. Shortage of food‚ caused by extreme weathers that prevented crop growth‚ weakened the population’s immunity to deadliest
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The role of the women in our society Elvira López Ochoa INTRODUCTION History tends to present the social advances made by women as a result of progress itself up as the result of a process in which‚ in any case‚ women do not have influenced. However‚ the reconstruction of history shows that women have achieved social gains only where and when it has been women fighting and starring those conquests. They were the struggles of many women‚ allowing us to enjoy rights today in the very near past
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A social history: women in europe One can think of European history and the mind tends to wander back to Greece and the days of Homer‚ Aristotle‚ and the Greek tragedies. But it is Herodotus and Thucydides that really started writing history‚ the history that was bestowed upon them to record without regard to whether it was true or not. The only women that are recorded in these ancient times are those of the gods. Women’s place in ancient society was that of wife and mother. They were property
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RACISM IN EUROPE I have chosen to talk about racism as it is one of the most explosive topics around and one that people rarely greet with sincerity. Racism is the belief that the genetic factors which constitute race‚ ethnicity‚ or nationality are a primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that ethnic differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race. Racism’s effects are called "racial discrimination." Racism of various forms is found in every country on Earth
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The Role of Women in 18th and 19th Century Literature The role of women in literature has typically been influenced by their role in society. In the 18th and 19th centuries their role in society began to change. Women began their transformation from anonymous objects of their fathers ’ and husbands ’ possession into animate‚ productive members of society. This change was reflected in the literature of the time‚ regardless of the gender of the author‚ and in a variety of genres and styles. Whether
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few centuries‚ the role of women in society has shifted greatly. The role of women has become more similar to that of men but women have added responsibilities. Women work now but also give birth and are responsible for their families. Although men are just a responsible for their families‚ women’s roles as nurturers‚ due to the fact that they give birth has remained the same. In a lot of ways it is harder for women now than ever. During the 18th and 19th centuries a woman’s role was primarily in the
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CC6 ENGA2HL Both Texts A and B‚ interrelate a common theme and discuss a common issue‚ the women’s role in society. Text1 (a) is adapted from the novel The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields (1993). While Text 1 (b) is an article written by Frank Kano‚ called “A TV Boss…” published in the “The Observer” magazine on October 17‚ 2004. Carol talks about women and how they are bored and tired from staying at home doing typical work like cleaning‚ washing and cooking. While on the other hand‚ the author
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"Roles of Women" The configuration of a woman ’s identity consists of the expectations that society places on her. Such expectations are still in existence today. Authors from the nineteenth and twentieth century are using literature and poetry as a vehicle for the new role and passion of the woman. Such authors as Kate Chopin‚ Mary Wilkins Freeman‚ Marge Piercy‚ Edna St. Vincent Millay and Henry James evoke a new sense of expectations for women in their use of literary language. One must acknowledge
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