A player in both abolitionist movements and the feminist movement was Englishwoman Francis Wright. She used the utopian ideas of Charles Fourier and Mary Wollstonecraft’s equality thoughts towards anti-slavery. “Wright published A Plan for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery in the United States without Danger of Loss to the Citizens of the South, a pamphlet in which she proposed that the U.S government create Owenite slave plantations where profits would go to the purchase of the slaves’ freedom”…
This metaphorical similarity between Saint Nicholas and the Virgin Mary casts Christians as being realistic, moral, guiltless and acquitted from any wrongdoing. They are known as being mainly innocent, with little to no knowledge on being able to sin against God and his word. Christians in The Prioress’s Tale sustain a categorical, spiritual following for the Virgin Mary. They all worship her: And is this song maked in reverence Of Cristes mooder?” seyde this innocent. Now, certes, I wol do…
People are always changing. Our ideas and theology of the world is ever evolving. Some periods had more development than others. Buildings are often a continuum of the change. It makes sense considering for many they make the physical boundaries of our world. Churches in medieval times changed dramatically between 1150 and 1550, the style changed from Romanesque to Gothic. The reasons for this can be divided into three categories, Social, Technological, and Theological. Churches needed to be…
of authentic Catholic education.” (Smarick, 2015) Enrollment data is trending upward in many Catholic school districts, most noteworthy Philadelphia, Chicago and New York, as well as the Cristo Rey model of schools. These districts are reaping the benefit of business models that protect the Catholic identity of the school and meet academic needs of students and financial needs of the school. (need…
The 1800s, an era full of ungodliness, debauchery, and inequality. Humans conformed to unethical activities day in and day out without realization of its consequences. The poor ate from the hands of pigs as the rich grew crops on the dead. Granted, from disease outbursts to the Napoleonic wars, this time span of life was one for the books. For this reason, it is inevitable that there was a dominant race involved in the works of this era series of unfortunate events. The White men and their wives…
titled Colbertism. It would ultimately serve to accumulate wealth, and through that wealth emphasize the power of the state of France. This 17th century doctrine had economic and political benefits. The doctrine introduced the concept of balance of trade by way of mercantilism. Mercantilism is the “belief in the benefits of profitable trading; commercialism.” In historical terms,…
desire of the sans-culottes to become an orderly civilian army, but they took their role too far as they arrested those who posed even the slimmest of threats to the republic. The result of this was the radicalization of the French population, which benefits no one. Criticism is necessary to improve, but none was given because it would result in…
The 1770 Boston Massacre Boston massacre is one of the world known mass killings to have been witnessed during American Revolution in early 17th century. The massacre was originally known as ‘the Bloody massacre in king street’ as it was referred by Paul Revere. It took place in Boston, Massachusetts on March 5, 1770, the riots began from the group of 50 citizens who had converged outside State House protesting against the large number of British soldiers present in the city. The…
In the late 1700s, the French revolution occurred because the French aristocracy and monarchy had oppressed the Third Estate: the peasants and commoners that were not part of the nobility or clergy. These French commoners declared their natural and political rights and overthrew the oppressive system of nobility in order to promote equality and create a government that would be more representative of the people. About fifty years after the French Revolution, Karl Marx and Frederick Engels were…
The debate over raising the minimum wage has been a sensitive topic for many people throughout the United States. The constant struggles of money have left a large number of Americans wondering if they will ever reach over the poverty line. U.S. citizens have taken sides to help determine the future of the workforce. They have either chosen to vote for or against raising the minimum wage throughout the country. Each side has their own views and opinions on how much is too much. Voters who have…