The year was 1095‚ standing at the Council of Claremont‚ with all the great names of Europe secular and ecclesiastic standing in silence as Pope Urban the 2nd had finished his speech over how they should retake the Holy Lands of Jerusalem. Then‚ Pope Adhemar has entered‚ stating that he will take any willing Christians and lead them to capture the Holy Lands. Thus‚ the First Crusade was in effect‚ led by Pope Adhemar with the 1st crusade army‚ consisting with 5 different armies with 5 different leaders
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their faith‚ two Christian prisoners due for martyrdom. Because saint Sebastian had been thought to be killed with arrows‚ the emperor who ordered saint Sebastian to be shot by arrows was killed later on. Saint Sebastian was one of the class military martyrs and soldier saints of the early Christian church. He cured a woman for her muteness. His miracle converted seventy-eight
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national and the international front. During the period of a war newspaper gives an hour to hour report of the war front. How great had been the keenness even of the common man to know details of the Kargil war with Pakistan — the heroic deeds of our martyrs — our officers and soldiers. Newspapers do not only inform us; they even instruct us and help us‚ influence us to form our opinion on important issues. The leading articles appearing in the newspapers or their editorials created an awareness regarding
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life. Then one day‚ Clarisse disappears and Montag is troubled. Work troubles him even more‚ for he must participate in burning an old woman’s home. Refusing to leave her books and her belongings‚ she lights her own fire and stays inside‚ dying a martyr. Montag is moved by the woman’s bravery and sees it as a symbol of what is wrong with society. Almost in protest‚ he steals a book from the woman’s house. “ The sun burnt every day. It burnt Time . . . Time was busy burning the years and the people
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could be counterproductive. This is as it may anger the fellows of the victim‚ instigating them to carry out more acts of terrorism like the ones expressed in the text. For example in Iraq‚ captured victims who were tortured were seen as heroes or martyrs in the eyes of other Islam extremists‚ causing them to intensify attacks against US troops. Also‚ the exposure of the tortures at Abu Ghraib outraged the world and weakened the credibility of the country‚ for most people found those acts
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jailed in 1962‚ and in 1964 he was convict of corruption and punishment to life in prison. He began serving the sentence as prisoner number 46664 on Robben Island‚ near Cape Town‚ but instead of disappearing from view‚ Mandela became a prison-bound martyr and worldwide symbol of resistance to racism. South African President F.W. de Klerk finally lift the ban on the ANC and released Mandela in 1990. Nelson Mandela used his stature to help dismantle apartheid and form a new multi-racial democracy‚ and
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Hektor (Based on book) Hektor is Priam’s favourite son. He is renowned as a great warrior and general‚ and one of the finest soldiers ever. However‚ he hates killing‚ despite being so good at it. He is one of the most purely good characters in the series. Hektor loves his wife Andromache. He has been rendered impotent after an injury in a fight‚ and so agrees to bring up as his own her son by Helikaon. For most of the trilogy‚ they are the only two to know who the boy’s real father is. Priam dotes
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Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 or the India’s First War of Independence. The reason behind this was the rumor that the cartridges used by Indian sepoys were greased with the fat of cow and pig. Mangal Pandey‚ whose name is often preceded by Shaheed meaning a martyr in Hindi‚ was an Indian soldier during the pre-independence era. A member of the 34th Regiment of the Bengal native infantry of the East India Company‚ Mangal Pandey is counted among the most popular figures associated with India’s freedom struggle
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the crime that has been imputed to you; the Government‚ by surrounding your trials with mystery and shadows‚ causes the belief that there was some error‚ committed in fatal moments; and all the Philippines‚ by worshiping your memory and calling you martyrs‚ in no sense recognizes your culpability. In so far‚ therefore‚ as your complicity in the Cavite mutiny is not clearly proved‚ as you may or may not have been patriots‚ and as you may or may not have cherished sentiments for justice and for liberty
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reality not only in the movies they make‚ but the lives they live. People’s expectations have increased to match celebrities‚ who make millions‚ while the ones responsible for the actual production are just average joe’s. Kurt Cobain‚ became a martyr for the life of fame‚ he couldn’t handle how fake the world around him had become and decided to take his own life. He was known for his hatred of the mainstream society. We have become desensitized to the ridiculous car chases‚ sex scenes and
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