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Boris Yeltsin from a Machiavellian Perspective

to order--cruelty, deception, and force were all justified in his view if these forces accoplished the desired goals. In wielding ...

Japanese History in The Pillow Book by Sie Shonagon

In fourteen pages this research paper examines this revealing look at the medieval history of Japan written by an Imperial Court's...

The Journey to the West Sixteenth Century Novel by Wu Cheng'en

heaven, the Monkey King was happy to visit until he discovered why they had invited him. As a result, he flew back home and revol...

Dangerous Beauty Film and Roles Based on Gender

In five pages this 1998 movie is considered in a discussion of gender based roles and how sixteenth century Venetians managed to c...

Biography of Francis I

In five pages the sixteenth century England's Francis I is the focus of this biography. Five sources are cited in the bibliograph...

Philosophical Perspectives on Passion and Human Happiness

In fourteen pages this paper examines how passion and human happiness were perceived from various philosophers spanning the sixtee...

Mathematician Girolamo Cardano

In eight pages sixteenth century mathematician Girolamo Cardano and his Ars magna work are examined in a sentence outline with Car...

16th Century Social Mobility and the Film The Return of Martin Guerre

In five pages this essay considers the social mobility, daily life, and role of women in the sixteenth century as depicted in the ...

Life and Works of Composer Nicola Vincentino

life. In particular, Venice was already a major factor in the development of music printing which helped to eventually spread Vin...

The Crucible by Arthur Miller

Ini six pages this paper first examines the playwright's life and effects of the Great Depression on Miller and his writings and t...

Historical Perspective on Women's Workplace Fashion

the social elite where the yuppies of the 1980s went quite the opposite way, showing off their designer suits. Steindorf suggests ...

India and Christianity

In six pages this essay considers two sixteenth century Western missionaries and their introduction of Christianity to India and h...

Perfect Society Concept and Utopia by Thomas More

In 5 pages this paper discusses whether or not contemporary society would regard More's Utopia as perfect in a consideration that ...

Jesuits and St. Ignatius of Loyola

In nine pages this paper examines St. Ignatius of Loyola's life, religious conversion, and founding of the the sixteenth century J...

An Introduction to Sixteenth Century Anabaptism

This five paper paper reviews the book The Anabaptist Story An Introduction to Sixteenth Century Anabaptism by William R. Estep. T...

A History of Performance Art

it still has a "middle," or whether we can contemplate that it will have an" end." According to Jack Bowman (1993), "1. A perform...

Cortez' Lover Dona Marina

In five pages the woman who was both interpreter and lover of Cortez is examined in terms of her varying interpretations that incl...

Italy, Germany, Reunification and Nationalism

the political community is. Nationalism has existed practically throughout the history of the world but it would eventually becom...

History of the Civil Rights Movement in America

the Union. It was Lincoln who had endorsed the Reconstruction plan, but Congress was far more cautious. Congress determined that...

Incas and Aztecs

leaders. In another section of the document we note that people were provided to help transport goods, and that the leaders wou...

The Affectionate Shepherd by Richard Barnfield

old man fall helplessly in love with the fairy queen. As Kenneth Borris points out in his analysis of this work, much of the poem...

'The Makropulos Case: Reflections on the Tedium of Immortality' by Bernard Williams

almost visceral, level. Whether or not the student agrees or not will generally be based on a personal belief system, ideology, re...

Overview of The Return of the Soul or The Peony Pavilion

women were also shaped by the class system in place. While women in the upper classes were afforded greater mobility and social d...

Mercury Uses, Iatromechanics and Iatrochemists

introduce the acceptance of new experimental techniques (Porter, 1999). The Iatrochemist was a physician that studies chemical p...

Letters of Dames Madeleine and Catherine Des Roches

to take on a work, apologies for the lateness of a manuscript, etc.; however, the majority of the letters demonstrate the erudite ...

Gender in Classic Literature

of a womans time. However, the student will want to state, if one reads Eves apologie closely, then one can begin to see the femi...

Tutorial on Prostheses and Latest Developments

changed from leather to plastic. This made the prosthetic a great deal lighter (Fox, 2001). Advances continued to be made in pros...

Absolute Sovereign Power According to Thomas Hobbes

as this being the basis of the way than man will then behave as a result of the toughs Hobbes attention turns to human nature. C...

Saint Teresa of Avila By Herself

she suffered a paralyzing illness - her illnesses were depicted not as physical in nature but as her souls struggles against tempt...

Diaz del Castillo/The Conquest of New Spain

and pride of race, a lust of gold and a blind faith in their religion, together with an absolute contempt for that of other men we...