normally used religious texts that were not used in the mass. Motets were often polyphonic‚ meaning that there were multiple vocal parts sung simultaneously. Motets started to be written during the medieval period and then developed throughout time and was most known throughout the Renaissance period. During this time‚ there were a list of schools and churches that had well known composers and pioneers of the motet. The Burgundian School was a group of composers in the 15th century in northern and eastern
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SPANISH PERIOD East Meets West Making the food more palatable to the most discriminating medieval tastes triggered the search of spices of all sorts. • Pepper‚ Cinnamon‚ Cloves‚ Nutmeg‚ Ginger *These spices are indigenous to the east. By means of these spices‚ the bland taste of meat and fish is accented‚ while preserving them‚ in the absence of refrigerator. Pepper - one of the most expensive spices. It is expensive that it could even buy a land‚ pay taxes‚ liberate a city and even play dowries
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The study of honor in Renaissance cities presents an intriguing paradox. On the one hand‚ honor seemed ‘more dear than life itself’‚ and provided one of the essential values that shaped the daily lives of urban elites and ordinary city folk. For wealthy merchants and aspiring artisans‚ honor established a code of accepted conduct against which an individual’s actions were measured by his or her peers‚ subordinates and social superiors. Possessing honor helped to locate a person in the social hierarchy
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Quotes From Maria Montessori Our aim is not only to make the child understand‚ and still less to force him to memorize‚ but so to touch his imagination as to enthuse him to his innermost core. The training of the teacher who is to help life is something far more than the learning of ideas. It includes the training of character; it is a preparation of the spirit. It is my belief that the thing which we should cultivate in our teachers is more the spirit than the mechanical skill of the scientist;
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Deja Craft Period 11 Fiction or Nonfiction? Walt Disney once said‚ “I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.” Is this true? Can an individual learn better from reading a fictional story more than reading a nonfictional story? Can an individual learn better from reading a nonfictional story more than a fictional story? This is a hot topic for educators heading toward the common core. David Coleman‚ the principal of the
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1.Describe a time when you experienced a significant period of suffering. How did you deal with that experience? How did you find comfort in the midst of suffering? One significant moment in my life where I faced a long period of suffering over the event was when it came to the death of my grandmother who passed away about three years ago. I remember when I heard of her passing since immediately I went into crying over her death since it was an extremely depressing event. A large part of such sadness
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Conflict Within Thyself Jermaine Kelly ENG 102 072 Prof. Messina Essay 1 October 2nd‚ 2007. 1 Sherman Alexie’s story‚ "This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix‚ Arizona"‚ states mainly how two Native Americans struggle to adapt to modern times and their culture‚ and the conflict they endured within their lifetime. The story focuses on two main characters that embark on a cross-country journey to retrieve a dead father’s ashes and belongings. Victor‚ one of the main characters in the story
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The sensorial materials "The senses‚ being explorers of the world‚ open the way to knowledge. Our apparatus for educating the senses offers the child a key to guide his explorations of the world‚ they cast a light upon it which makes visible to him more things in greater detail than he could see in the dark‚ or uneducated state." The Absorbent Mind p 167‚ Chap 17 Montessori was very influenced by the work of Edouard Seguin. He specialised in working with mentally deficient children and had developed
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the right to an attorney" Yet the 1966 Supreme Court ruling in Miranda v. Arizona remains the subject of often heated debate‚ and has had a great impact on law enforcement in the U.S. On March 13‚ 1963‚ eight dollars in cash was stolen from a Phoenix‚ Arizona bank worker‚ Police suspected and arrested Ernesto Miranda for committing the theft. Eleven days earlier‚ an 18- year old woman was kidnapped and raped in Phoenix‚ Arizona. The police investigated the case but didn’t have any leads as to a suspect
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Ties Sherman Alexies short story “This is what it means to say Phoenix‚ Arizona” tells a story about Victor‚ a broken‚ lonely young Indian man‚ who is shaped by the circumstances of the reservation. He not only finds out that he lost his job but also that his father has passed away due to a heart attack. These series of unfortunate events lead Victor his childhood friend Thomas Build-the-Fire to embark on a journey to Arizona to obtain Victor’s father’s ashes. Although the two former friends haven’t
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