also faced a warm welcome by the critics. I decided that I could not let the series slip through my fingers and so I started to dig into it. Frank Bascombe is the protagonist of the story. He is an average middle-aged man who has found himself at a crossroads in his life with no clear idea of which fork
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tribe of the Franks. From 714 to 814‚ the Carolingian House of the Franks brought stability and progress to northern Europe. A large portion of the West enjoyed military and political security as well as religious unity. This accomplishment was not to last‚ however. The Frankish empire did not endure‚ partly because it lacked the strong economic bases that has supported the Romans. By the ninth century‚ Muslim conquests and commercial activity successfully competed with the Franks; inland trade
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the King’s mettlesome spirit and his imperturbability‚ which remained as constant in adversity as in prosperity‚ were not to be quelled by their (Saxons) ever-changing tactics.’ (Einhard‚ The Life of Charlemagne) After thirty-three years of war‚ the Franks finally accomplished victory over the Saxons‚ attempting to convert them to Christianity
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In the era preceding‚ during‚ and after World War Two‚ documentaries and real-life depictions about the war‚ veterans‚ patriotism‚ post-war trauma...etc.‚ exploded on the home front. John Huston’s "Let There Be Light" and Frank Capra’s "Prelude To War" are both documentary films about World War Two‚ however filmed for very divergent purposes and in very different angles. This paper will attempt to explore and compare the differences of both wartime documentaries‚ and evaluate the effectiveness of
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that they had planned for months‚ she gave him a chance because she was scared and forced to get in the car with him. Week by week Rachel started talking back to us‚ would always want time alone; she became a rebel and would never ask for permission. Frank and I were unaware of what was going on and decided to just give her some space and that when she would decide to; she would talk to us on her own. One night I woke up to a noise I heard in the living room as I was walking I saw Rachel sneaking out
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Charlemagne Charlemagne‚ also known as Charles the Great‚ was the king of the Franks from 742-814 A.D. In Aachen‚ 724 A.D.‚ Charles was born to Peppin the Short. Before Charlemagne’s time‚ Charles Martel and Peppin the Short had been working hard at trying to conquer‚ unify‚ and Christianize Europe. Charles Martel was the start of it‚ and he passed on his vision and beliefs to his son Peppin. Peppin later passed it on to his two sons Charles and Carloman. When Peppin died‚ it was his wish
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took over Europe in the 400-500s and explain their importance. The different Germanic kingdoms were Visigoths‚ Ostrogoths‚ Byzantine empire‚ Franks‚ Lombrads‚ Angles‚ and Saxons. These Germanic kingdoms were the successor states of the Roman empire. 2. Which region did the Franks conquer and explain how they became powerful? The regions that the Franks conquered were southern and eastern regions. They became powerful because the constructed a society that drew on the agricultural resources of
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that ’Montana 1948’ is a tale about the struggle between honesty and corruption. During the tragic events which took place in the ’Wild West’ town of Bentrock‚ isee the misuse of power and reputation through the tyrannical characters of Julian and Frank Hayden. However‚ despite the persona of his father and brother‚ Wesley Hayden contradicts his family name‚ and seizes to act honestly and with strong moral beliefs. The novel Montana 1948 traces the events of August 1948 through the recollections
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does not always accurately always reflect development in the past.” The word chaplain as we know it today was coined from the Latin word capellanus which was derived from what Doris Bergen says was “the great royal relic of the patron saint of the Franks‚ the cappa.” But evidence of chaplains accompanying soldiers in battle was first noted with the Romans army in fifth century. Some of the duties that they performed involved caring for them by offering prayers and conducting mass. But an important
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Frankenstein; or “The Modern Prometheus”‚ is a Gothic novel written by Mary Shelley who was a famous British novelist‚ short story writer‚ dramatist‚ essayist and biographer. Shelley wrote Frankenstein when she was 18 years old‚ and portrays a story of a scientist‚ Victor Frankenstein‚ who learns to create a life with decomposed body parts and ultimately ends up creating a monster. Frankenstein was one of the most prominent science fiction and gothic horror novels that initiated a diverse variety
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