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Johannes Kepler and His Contribution to Astrology

advantage of an education and as such was able to afford himself a level of intellectual snobbery, but this is more that snobbery,...

Sixteenth Century Keyboard Instruments

the strings.6 The tangents were inserted into the key levers at the lower end, and the top end was flattened for contact with the...

China v. Western Europe Expansionism

to the brink of a new world direction. Interestingly, however, that direction would end abruptly as the leadership of China fell ...

Text Analysis of 'Evil in Modern Thought An Alternative History of Philosophy' by Susan Neiman

in Modern Thought points to two cataclysmic moments in history that were responsible for altering the contemporary perceptions of ...

The Reformation

Reformers to disseminate information so quickly (Kreis, 2007). That dissemination include the Bible translated into native languag...

The Concept of Mercantilism

a significant shift in the way that the supporting military forces were utilized. Prior to the mercantilist period the dominant mi...

The Age of Exploration and Onwards - Social and Economic Development

new and more efficient shipping routes. The combined might of the Portuguese and Spanish holdings claimed during the Age of Explor...

Go West The Migration to the State of California

10 pages and 4 sources. This paper provides an overview of the events and factors that led to the migration to California. This ...

Themes of the Mona Lisa Painting by Leonardo da Vinci

In five pages this paper discusses how this painting represents the 16th century European treatment of women in a consideration of...

Innovation and Structure in 'Astrophel and Stella' by Sir Philip Sidney

In eight pages this paper examines the sonnet structure and poetic devices Sidney employed in this 16th century poem. There are 7...

Danish Astronomer Tycho Brahe

In six pages this research paper discusses the 16th century astronomer Tycho Brahe's life and achievements. Eight sources are cit...

Heliocentric Theory Controversy

In nine pages this paper examines 16th and 17 century controversies over the heliocentric theory developed by Kepler, Copernicus, ...

European Reformation and Its Significance

In five pages this research paper examines the social and political significance of the 16th century European Protestant Reformati...

Lusiads by Luis Vas de Camoes

In five pages this Portuguese poem of the 16th century is examined in terms of the expression of dogmatism and nationalism by the ...

Life of William Adams, Also Known as Miura Anjin

This paper discusses the late 16th century life and travels of 'Shogun' William Adams in five pages. Four sources are cited in th...

1820s Independence of El Salvador and Guatemala and the Causes of Economic and Political Instability

In fifteen pages this paper discusses the first century post independence El Salvador and Guatemala in a consideration of what cau...

Fantasy Woman in Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe

In eight pages the 'fantasy' women depicted in Marlowe's 16th century play are discussed in terms of their pornographic characteri...

Doctor Faustus Play by Christopher Marlowe and Religion's Role

In sixteen pages this famous 16th century play is considered in an examination of religion's role in it. Five sources are cited i...

Ambivalent Conquests by Clendinnen

In three pages this book on the 16th century Yucatan is summarized and critiqued. There are no other sources listed....

Lazarillo de Tormes in New York City

yours. Stand still, shut your eyes, and wait." I did, and something began to happen. The air began to hum.. I tried to open my ey...

Comparing Utopia and The Prince

This 6 page paper compares and contrasts Thomas More's book Utopia with The Prince by Machiavelli. The writer considers what More'...

England and Italy's Political Development

a utopian society -- represents a rational philosophy educated by science, motivated by art, and inspired by compassion. Declarin...

Contemporary Relevance of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe

In 5 pages the contemporary relevance of this 16th century play is assessed in terms of the cloning debate and a similar theme fea...

Utopia by Thomas More, Pearl by the Gawain Poet, and the City

In 4 pages these 14th and 16th century works are examined in terms of how each depicted the city of their respective time periods....

Ivan the Terrible, Oprichnina, and the Secret Police

In ten pages this paper examines Russian Czar Ivan's brutal use of police force in Russia during the 16th century. Ten sources ar...

The Pope's Elephant by Bendini

were reaped. There did seem to be an exercise of wealth and power due more to the consequence of their trading empires in non-Eur...

Sixteenth Century Literature and Parody

quest as being somehow representative of the times in which he lived. Through the use of exaggeration, Cervantes is basically say...

1855 to 1875 American Folk Pottery Industry Historiography

also serve to illuminate a lost way of living. In spite of al the missing history, for the last twenty-five years scholars have ...

'Ovid's Banquet of Sence' by George Chapman

his argument to the priestess who taught him mysteries in his youth, Diotima of Mantinea. Attributing his words to Diotima, Socrat...

The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli

virtue. Niccolo Machiavelli lived between 1469 and 1527 (Hutchinson Dictionary of World History, 1998). Born in Florence h...