The Gilded Age Essay

The Significance of the Calling of the First Crusade The significance of the calling of the First Crusade by Pope Urban II is the fall of Jerusalem, which happened directly, as well as the fall of Constantinople and the Crusades that followed. The First Crusade lasted three years and resulted in the fall of Jerusalem. The Second and Third Crusade lasted two and five years respectively. The Fourth Crusade last two years and resulted in the fall of the city of Constantinople. The Fifth…

Renaissance. Albrecht grew up working as a goldsmith following in the footsteps of his father, but he was said to have had a few local artists that he looked up to while growing up. Because of these influences, Albrecht fell in love with art at an early age and ended up creating a few well-known pieces in his early teen years (Wisse, Jacob). Albrecht Dürer had an extremely wide range of mediums and subject matters that he enjoyed working…

The enlightenment was a reformation of thought. Philosophers sought to question if the facts we are given are true and define enlightenment. Kant and Descartes discuss enlightenment in the context of intellect whereas Lessing and Smith discuss enlightenment of toleration and compassion. All four of these authors contributed immensely to the enlightenment and as a whole answered what enlightenment is. Immanuel Kant was a German philosopher and who posed the question of “What is enlightenment?”…

In this essay, I will be discussing Michel Foucault “The Birth of Biopolitics”. These lectures took place at the college de France in 1978-1979. I will be answering the question ‘What does Michel Foucault understand to be specific differences between the liberalism of the eighteenth century England and the Neo-liberalism of twentieth century United States insofar as both are modes of governmentality?’ I will analyze the differences between liberalism and neo-liberalism. In addition, I will also…

cultures it is thought that the two pieces when compared would not have much in common. However, that is hardly ever the case; they can have similaries in meanings and cultural significance. With the help of the readings from “Icon” and “Art Through the Ages”, along with the textbook, it was amazing to see all the alike components that were found between “Senufo Equestrian” and “Equestrian Portrait of Charlemagne”. Even though, they come from a world of differences, the two pieces aren’t so…

The writings of history have been significantly influenced by the time periods during which they were written. Indeed, during these time periods, political institutions with regard to political power have greatly affected the ways in which history has been interpreted. The rise of the nation-state as a political entity during the late 18th- 19th centuries had greatly altered historiography, for, with history emerging as a modern discipline, history began to mirror the ideals of, and acts as a…

rights to change the government if needed. However, the political theories of John Locke and Karl Marx and his colleague Friedrich Engels were vastly different in nature. Locke wrote his most famous work, Two Treatises of Government in 1869 during the Age of Enlightenment in Europe and focused on the social contract between the government and citizens wherein the government is granted its ability to rule through the will and consent of the citizens. Conversely, in The Manifesto of the Communist…

The Accuracy of the label: “The Era of Good Feelings” The “Era of Good feelings, the period from 1817 to 1823, marked the end of the federalist party. New technology was coming out, there were big changes in government, agriculture was evolving, and transportation was becoming more and more advanced. History books coined the name “Era of Good Feelings” because they believe that people started to feel different and better. Now the question remains, did this really happen? The period following…

StoneHenge- History Mystery Task Key questions Description Location - Where is the site? The StoneHenge is located in Amesbury, Salisbury in the UK. Time period - When was it built? The construction was believed to have started in 3100 BC. Purpose - Do historians know exactly what the site was used for? If yes, how do they know? If not, why don’t they know? The historians don’t know what the site was used for and how it was built. Some theories about that giants made the Stonehenge…

assertion that liberty and power are constantly at odds with each other. Therefore, it is the duty of the citizens to protect liberty from the devastating destruction that can come with power. America is a great example of republicanism in the modern age. The people hold the powerful…