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Henry VIII's Divorce From Catherine Of Aragon
... the Archbishop of Canterbury, along
with Cardinal Wolsey conducted the trial of the divorce. Because Henry was
the King and Catherine was his Queen, their private life was not their own.
Catherine of Aragon(as looked at by Henry before the divorce), "She
is a woman of most gentleness, humility, and buxomness; yea, and of all
good qualities pertaining to nobility she is without comparison."(Albert, p.
32). Catherine was looked at by many people as a brave woman, without mercy.
The people of England not only loved her as their Queen, but as their
friend. Catherine of Aragon came into Henrys life as a sister-in- ...
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Fredrerick Douglass
... was born into it, yet even in his bias he is able to detect and detail the differences in the slave holders cruelty and that to which he was subjected. From being whipped and humiliated daily, "a very severe whipping… for being awkward" (101), to being able to find his own work and save some money, "I was able to command the highest wages given to the most experienced calkers" (134), he is able to give the reader a more true picture of slavery. His moving speeches raised the anger of many Northerners, yet many still felt the slaves deserved their position in life. Douglass, for his own safety, was urged to travel ...
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The Life Of Napoleon Bonaparte
... stemmed from the Florentine nobility. His original nationality was Cursican-Italian. In 1779 Napoleon went to school at Brienne in France. There he took a great interest in in history, especially in the lives of great ancient generals. Napoleon was often badly treated at Brienne because he was not as wealthy as his fellow classmates, and very short. He also did not speak French well, because Italian was spoken on Corsica where he grew up. He studied very hard so that he could do better then those who snubbed him.
Napoleon attended the Ecole Military School in Paris in 1784 after receiving a scholarship. Th ...
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Mother Teresa
... and sisters seemed to live as much in the church as they did at home. They were always involved with the choir, religious services, and missionary topics. She always had special interest in reading about missionaries and the lives of the saints.
In 1919 her father, Nikolle Bojahiu, died of poisoning after attending a political meeting. said, “ We were all very united, especially after the death of my father. We lived for each other and made every effort to make one another happy.” On September 26, 1928, set out on her trip to Dublin by train. She arrived at the motherhouse of the Sisters of Our Lady of L ...
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Biography Of James Polk (11th President)
... Van Buren, who had been expected to win the Democratic nomination
for President, and Henry Clay, who was to be the Whig nominee, tried to
take the expansionist issue out of the campaign be declaring themselves
opposed to the annexation of Texas. Polk, however, publicly asserted that
Texas should be "re-annexed" and all of Oregon "re-occupied."
The aged Jackson, correctly sensing that the people favored
expansion, urged the choices of a candidate committed to the Nations
"Manifest Destiny." This view prevailed at the Democratic Convention,
where Polk was nominated on the ninth ballot.
Even before ...
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Albert Einstein
... physics publications, written
in his spare time without the benefit of close contact with scientific
literature or colleagues. Einstein earned a doctorate from the University of
Zurich in 1905. In 1908 he became a lecturer at the University of Bern, the
following year becoming professor of physics at the University of Zurich.
By 1909 Einstein was recognized as a leading scientific thinker. After
holding chairs in Prague and Zurich he advanced (1914) to a prestigious post at
the Kaiser-Wilhelm Gesellschaft in Berlin. From this time he never taught a
university courses. Einstein remained on the staff at Berlin unti ...
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Heinrich Schliemann
... fulfilling the dream he has chased since childhood (Calder 18,19; Burg 8). Indeed, by presenting his life in romantic autobiographies as a series of adventures, starring as the epic hero (Duchêne 14), he ensured his status as a lasting folk hero and perennial bestseller (Calder 19).
The reality was that was an incredible con man, a generally unlikable braggart who succeeded only because of his queer mix of genius and fraudulence. He had a shylock's conscience when it came to business dealings, and his shady methods pervaded both his life and his archaeology (Burg, 15-31). Schliemann had a habit of r ...
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King Arthur
... Britanniae (meaning History of
the Kings of Britain). he book supposedly covered history from 1200 B.C. to
689 A.D. Geoffrey includes many sources of information with his work but
most scholars believe it to be a fictional bibliography added only to give
his book some credibility. Therefore his work is considered to be
literature not factual history. Geoffrey is the one responsible for the
portrayal of Arthur as a splendid King who conquered the British Isles and
much of Europe Introduced by Geoffrey are Guenevere, Merlin, information
about Arthur's strange birth and death and the concept of chivalry. Due t ...
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Queen Elizabeth I
... feast for Elizabeth, Sir Walter Raleigh who wrote poems about Elizabeth,
and William Shakesphere (Elizabethan Writers). The Gothic period preceding
the Elizabethan age was based very much on religion. Secular buildings,
sculpture, stained glass, illuminated manuscripts, and other decorative
arts were produced in Europe during the latter part of the Middle Ages.
Since then the term Gothic has been restricted to the last major medieval
period, immediately following the Romanesque (Gothic Period). The
Renaissance, following the Elizabethan age was a rebirth of scholarly
interests. It was based on the classics of art, ...
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P. T. Barnum
... mom, Irena Taylor, was a housewife. The family was moderately well off.
Barnum, as a child was influenced by a strict Protestant work ethic. He fallowed a type of Christianity called Congregationalism. Congregationalism was strict about working, learning and keeping yourself busy. Fun was a scarce commodity. About the only fun the church ever had were lotteries, but even those were rare. Also the town liked one-upping each other with outrageous pranks.
Phineas Taylor, who was Barnum's grandfather, was one of the most notorious jokers in Bethel and also one of the richest men. His longest running joke would b ...
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