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The Fall of the Humanists in the Sixteenth Century by Jacob Burckhardt

individual" (Burckhardt, 1878; Mosaic, 2003). Modern historians often dispute some of Burckhardts claims but most concede that in ...

England of the Eighteenth Century, Crime, and Punishment

felony, the law implies that it shall be punished with death, viz., by hanging as well as forfeiture: unless the offender prays th...

Administration of New York City Mayor David Dinkins and Labor Unions

Citys mayor before Dinkins would grab the title in 1989. Many consider Koch to have been a great mayor, and while that is the case...

Reducing Dividends versus Share Issue Capital Raising

to pay dividends and raise funds elsewhere, either by borrowing or by issuing more shares. This would save the cost of the issue,...

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Discussed

lovers and Shakespeare is more sympathetic to their plight, considering the rebelliousness to being relevant to the lovers need to...

1920s' American Republican Party

the League of Nations, dubbed as "Wilsons folly," cast a long shadow, and with a strong and unified party in place, thanks to the ...

Colonial and Post Colonial Periods in Bali

2003). The Dutch essentially won all of the battles and "the Klungkung kingdom fell down into their hands" which "meant that Bali ...

15th Century Politics in Japan, England, and the Andes

While England was developing her extensive form of government similar development was occurring all around the world. In the Ande...

Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist Initiations of Christianity

Holy Communion. BUT, there are no theological reasons. The arguments on each side will be presented. The Sacraments of Baptism, C...

Literacy and Religion

their function was only to labour. As Wood (2002) points out, historians tend to measure levels of literacy by the percentage of a...

Witnessing Events in Albert Camus' The Stranger

his mother and we do not understand what type of relationship they had together. We also begin to understand that he and his mothe...

Old, Middle, and New Kingdom Egyptian Architecture

of Egypt during the second dynasty, the third dynasty of the Egyptian kings was quite powerful and the second king of that dynasty...

18th Century Muslim Reform Movements

Western conquest, similar movements were directed wholly or in part against Westerners. These include the Wahhabis and Faraizis of...

The Open Theater Movement in Argentina

theater (Graham-Jones 7). Theater listings in the daily newspapers typically advertise fifty or sixty plays being staged at any gi...

Absolute Monarchy of the Early Modern Era, Style of Baroque, and the Scientific Revolution

1996). The world map, as one example, offered substantial relevancy to Europes existence; prior to the maps invention, poli...

Women's Social Status and Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice

fortune spent for him? The next line makes it clear how the women of the community will view such an individual, however: . . "he ...

U.S. Launch of the Sony Playstation 2

greater speed, power and versatility were the most successful in the industry. Likely Sonys intention for including communication...

Quality Control and Monitoring of Investment Feasibility

attractive on paper, but if the conveyer belt system cannon carry the size or the weight the project will not be feasible. There a...

Interwar Years and Gold Standard Failure

then be repaid in gold or undepreciated paper. Such countries as France, the UK and the US took to the gold standard contingent r...

Bernini, Michelangelo, and Donatello's Artistic Representations of David

order to provide more accurate representation of the human body. The advances in knowledge made during these years is evide...

Business Practices in Early History

resulted from the Spartan takeover of Athenian silver mines; therefore, the need for the minting of replacement, silver-plated bro...

April 2001 to April 2003 FTSE 100 Performance

points on the 2nd of April. This effect is also seen in the FTSE 250 and may be seen to repeat a small increase that was also seen...

Late 1940s and 1950s in America

upon closer examination, flaws barely perceptible by the naked eye could be seen which suggests that looks really are deceiving. ...

Wage Disputes, Collective Bargaining and the 1994 MLB Strike

This is because the assumption that wages are paid out of a fixed amount of capital has long been discredited (pp. 63). Bard and K...

Emergency Preparedness and Governmental Crisis Protection

state, local and personal levels for survival during, and recovery after, a hurricane has passed through an area. On the federal l...

Challenges at the 3M Company

companys longstanding penchant for innovation would survive in the new environment" ("3M Company," 2009). In examining the history...

Judge Dee's Most Famous Cases

reader learns there are ways of old which at times served a greater purpose than anything we have currently. In several of the...

Relationship Between Country Risk And National Culture

its entire economic status into a tailspin, ultimately threatening the worlds economy, as well.2 The most prominent forewarning o...

CULLMAN ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE

This 3-page paper, based on organizational structures during a crisis situation, discusses how Cullman Electric can prepare for di...

Historical Context of 'The Caine Mutiny'

In 6 pages this paper considers the Communist paranoia of the 1950s as depicted in this film's desire to prosecute Queeg during a ...