Abbot

were loyal to the king and provided him their knights and armies at his request. The church was very influential and was part of every person’s life in the Middle Ages. Church officials include; The Pope, cardinals, bishops, archbishops, deacons, abbots, monks, nuns, village priests and friars. The Pope had the ability to excommunicate a person, banning them from Church and dooming their souls to live in hell. Living conditions: Nobles lived in large manor houses that were built on the land…

The man and the band that no knows anything about. If they do know something they are never quite sure if it’s true. Nick Blinko is a British outsider artist, schizophrenic, and lead singer and guitar player in the experimental Anarcho-Punk band Rudimentary Peni. Yes that’s “Peni” as in “Penis” Little is known about Rudimentary Peni and even less is known about Blinko. What there is to know is shrouded in mystery and all seems to come from a very small pool of original sources. Pooled here is…

At the dawn of the 12th century Byzantine suppression of piracy had restarted long distance trading and the end of Viking raids made self defended urban centers viable once again. Bishops and abbots, and later secular lords, realized the value of towns as centers of commerce and sources of revenue, and began to promote them. They provided markets for merchants to meet and trade, as well as secure locations for minting currency. However, few of the Middle Age urban centers had the advantage of…

Dreaming in Hindi “If you speak English, you have one world, if you speak Navajo, you have another world” (Rich 7). Being multilingual creates more opportunities, and in a sense, truly unveils a whole new world. Author Katherine Russell Rich discovers a brand new world when she decides to go to India to learn Hindi. Rich begins her dive into Hindi at a later age than educators normally recommend. A specific main idea she presents in Dreaming in Hindi is that there is a small period of time in…

ultimately must be sought. He is egotistical in the best sense. Manfred does not require the approval of others, and their rejection only allows him to further prove that he is above them by accepting his own fate on his own terms. Rejecting the Abbot who attempts to aid him seek redemption in his last moments, he exclaims “Old man! ‘Tis not so difficult to die” (3.4.151), which ultimately casts him as a courageous hero who embraces death. As Paul Cantor argues in his essay, “Mary Shelley…

Senior Enlisted Leader, Gunnery Sergeant Abbot, talked about the nature of officer’s relationship with senior enlisted and about the compromises of honor and integrity in that case. She gave insight into the nature of those relationships, like the aspect senior enlisted being a mentor, yet having to let the officer make the ultimate decision. When she first heard the story of the Chief and the inspection she immediately criticized the Chief for his lack of integrity and ensued that he should…

The Magna Carta was a very important document regarding the promises between the king and his subjects. As time progressed through the Middle Ages, the feudal kings became more and more like tyrants. The nobles, who forced King John at knifepoint to sign the document at Runnymeade on June 15, 1215, were able to create an effective way in which to limit the power of the king. At the time, England’s feudal system was being overruled by King John. The Magna Carta guaranteed citizens certain…

I read the novella “Flatland” by Edwin Abbot. It tells a story of a land that is completely two dimensional. There is two parts to this novella. The first part is all about the world Flatland, and the different characteristics of this world. The second part of the book is about A Square (the narrator of the novella) traveling to three other worlds that he has never imagined before. There are some main characteristics you have to know to be able to understand flatland. If you set a penny on a…

Abbot Joachim of Fiore was a highly influential prophet and spiritual writer that shaped the culture of the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries. His insights into scriptural interpretation and the unfolding of history flowed from a grave misunderstanding of the Trinity’s unity. His misunderstanding was based on the inappropriate use of the philosophical principle of univocity. This difficulty is but one of the many reasons that Pope Innocent III called the Forth Lateran Council.…

Beauty, a combination of qualities, such as shape, color, or form, that pleases the aesthetic senses, especially the sight. Beautiful, of a very high standard; excellent. These two words control all aspect of a woman’s life. They spend most of their time making themselves look nice to please society. For instance, they wear make-up, designer clothes and shoes, nice jewelry, and they make sure their hair is always done nicely. This idea that women has to look good for society is the main theme in…