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maybe just law and scientific studying. If your needing anymore reasons to want to attend this college, maybe you'd like to know Corey Hawkins attended and graduated from there. Corey is an American professional basketball player playing for the Antwerp Giants. He was also a three-time all-conference selection in the Big West Conference.…

life, Chaucer became a page in a royal house, a soldier, a diplomat, and even a royal clerk. Geoffery was born in to a middle class family, he was the son of a merchant. During the beginning of his life time, Chaucer worked for the wife of Lionel of Antwerp, the daughter-in-law of Edward III, as page. During his time as a soldier for the English Army in France, Chaucer was captured and held as prisoner. Luckily King Edward paid a sixteen-pound ransom for his release. Near his twenties, Chaucer…

patients (aged 45 years and above). These patients have a legal stay in these five regions of Belgium, and having died in the study period. The regions include: the province of Limburg (850,000 inhabitants; +/- 8,500 deaths per year), the area around Antwerp (750,000 inhabitants;…

masters of the Renaissance. The Fall of Phaeton is baroque in nature and has strong Venetian influences. Though it is unclear where The Fall of Phaeton was first displayed its first recorded existence was in Susanna Willemsens collection in 1657 in Antwerp. Though it was officially completed in 1608 it is unclear if the artwork was commissioned by anyone specific. Rubens was a popular artist during his lifetime and often sold artwork for expensive prices which would have allowed him to create…

simple lines. Source: wikipedia Ponte de Sospiri, "Bridge of Sighs", Venice, Italy. Source: wikipedia French Renaissance Chateau de Chambord, France (1519-30) Source: wikipedia Northern Renaissance Antwerp City Hall (1564), the Netherlands. "Antwerp Mannerism" style. Notice the Dutch gables Source: wikipedia Engish Renaissance Harwick Hall, England. (1590-1597) The English Renaissance began with the reign of Elizabeth I. Source: wikipedia Nordic…

sneaking across borders. Some went on foot, others by train, taking with them any possessions they could. Many Jews sneaked into Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Poland. From there, they would make their way toward the coast and ports. From ports such as Antwerp, Amsterdam, and Hamburg the Russian Jews, now immigrants, would make their way towards new lives.The pull to immigrate to the United States can be attributed to the desire for freedom from religious persecution and more economic…

The Crucible In the play The Crucible by Arthur Miller, people lie to save their lives, to save the lives of others, and to maintain their reputation, and these lies negatively impact the characters in the play. For example, after being discovered in the woods and with the realization they will be punished, Abigail and her friends accuse Tituba and other townspeople of witchcraft. When Tituba senses that the blame is on her shoulders, she proceeds to accuse Sarah Good. Once the witch hunt is…

The battle of the bulge, also known as the Ardennes Campaign, was Hitler’s last counteroffensive in the West.[1] His goal was to push through and capture the port at Antwerp in Belgium.[2] Hitler believed doing so would split the Americans from the British, effectively destroying communication between the Allies and forcing them to enter into a treaty with Germany.[3] In order to achieve this, the German’s had to initiate a surprise attack on the Americans.[4] The Germans were able to…

am 26 years old, and got my house bombed by the Luftwaffe, about 2 weeks ago. On December 16 1944, Adolf Hitler attempted to split the Allied armies in northwest Europe. He attempted that with a surprise blitzkrieg thrust through the Ardennes to Antwerp. As the Germans drove deeper into the Ardennes in an attempt to secure vital bridgeheads, the Allied line took on the appearance of a bulge--hence the name of the battle. Later that day, three German armies launched the deadliest and most…

John Keegan and Peter Arnade record the accounts of the Battle of Agincourt and the Army of Flanders press against the Low Countries during the Dutch Revolt, respectively, in Keegan’s Agincourt and Arnade’s Beggars, Iconoclasts, and Civic Patriots. In fifteenth and sixteenth century Europe, military conflicts ranging between the English and the Spanish to the Spanish versus the general population of the Low Countries were governed by the emotions of the persons that participated. Understanding…