the 14th and 15th centuries.This one‚ O Rosa bella (O Lovely Rose)‚ describes courtly love‚ a formalised secret passion between aristocrats that was both erotic and spiritual‚ even morally uplifting. This type of song was first written in the 12th century by the troubadours; aristocratic poets of southwest France. The music for O Rosa bella was written around 1400 by Johannes Ciconia‚ a Franco-Flemish composer‚ who worked mainly in Italy. The original singers were probably soloists from the court
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A 107 paragraph long inscription on the walls of the Vimanam records the contributions of Raja Raja Chola and his sister Kundavai to the Thanjavur temple. The temple stands within a fort‚ whose walls are later additions built in the 16th century. The towering vimanam is about 200 feet in height and is referred to as Dakshina Meru. The octogonal Shikharam rests on a single block of granite weighing 81 tons. It is believed that this block was carried up a specially built ramp built from a site 6 kilometeres
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Humanists: sought to revisit the original biblical texts to re-establish a purer religion. Lollards: since the 14th century. Challenged some of the core religious teachings of the Church. The majority of these were to be found in areas of the Midlands and the east of England; the majority of the supporters were from the literate artisan or merchant class. Lutherans: those who had taken up the teachings of Martin Luther‚ who had challenged the key beliefs of the Catholic church and his POV was that
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story of this hopefully perfect place‚ we see examples of what Raphael was trying to travel away from. The very idea of traveling to a perfect world brought hope to people who were not happy with the way things were in 16th Century Europe. Raphael takes many issues of 16th Century Europe and describes how traveling to Utopia will change humanity as a whole- whether everyone agrees or not. One topic in the book‚ which is a huge topic in book II‚ is the topic of private property. Raphael travels
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Abbakka Rani (Tulu: ಅಬ್ಬಕ್ಕ ರಾಣಿ ) or Abbakka Mahadevi (Tulu: ಅಬ್ಬಕ್ಕ ಮಹಾದೇವಿ) was the queen of Tulunadu who fought the Portuguesein the latter half of the 16th century. She belonged to the Chowta dynasty who ruled over the area from the temple town of Moodabidri. The port town of Ullal served as their subsidiary capital. The Portuguese made several attempts to capture Ullal as it was strategically placed. But Abbakka repulsed each of their attacks for over four decades. For her bravery‚ she came
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GUIDED READING AND RESEARCH I. AFRICA IN THE 15TH AND 16TH CENTURIES 1. The two modern day nations that constitute the Senegambia region today are the republics of Senegal and Gambia. The land of the region is a terrain‚ commonly low‚ rolling plains that become foothills in southeast. It’s in Western Africa where it borders the North Atlantic Ocean‚ between Guinea-Bissau and Mauritania. The Gambia is almost an enclave of Senegal. The climate is tropical so it is hot and humid. The topography
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hard and easy for some people at the same time. How people dressed during the sixteenth century was usually a good measure of their social class. In these times there were many changes in fashion‚ a lot of things were changing in this time period.In the early in the sixteenth century‚ the fashions that were most often seen were clothes that had a softer fabric like long flowing gowns‚ and by the end of the century the fashion
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often terrible in London _____ January. 3. It’s better to get a taxi if you are out alone _____ night. 4. She got married _____ September. 5. They usually go to the south of France _____ the summer. 6. Columbus sailed to the Americas _____ the 16th century. 7. The Beatles were popular _____ the 1960s. 8. I graduated from university _____ 2001. 9. His birthday is _____ June. 10. I usually go to my parents’ house _____ Christmas. We eat turkey together _____ Christmas Day. © 2008 www.perfect-english-grammar
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“That wench is stark mad or wonderful froward.” She was an unpleasant person to be around‚ but why? The public misunderstood Kate‚ because she was a smart woman with a mind of her own. She just didn’t fit into society compared to the woman of the 16th century. The way she acted had reasoning‚ for example‚ when her father‚ Baptista‚ was trying to get her married‚ he was very crude with the way he asked men to marry his daughter‚ almost like she was his property and she was a mere commodity to be traded
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The Tate Britain museum is the first to touch upon the subject of physical attacks on art in Britain within the period from the 16th century to the present day. The exhibition is dedicated to the issue of iconoclasm which mainly describes religiously‚ politically or aestheticly motiveted destruction of different art pieces such as icons‚ symbols or monuments. This exhibition primarily aims to investigate and point out the particular movements and causes of the assaults on art through objects‚ paintings
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