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The Crusades were started as an attempt by Pope Urban II to regain Jerusalem from the Muslims in order for the Catholic Church to regain their Holy Land. In 1212, following the Fourth Crusade’s failure to acquire the Holy Land and only succeed in trashing Constantinople, another crusade began, but this crusade lacked the public support that the other crusades had. This crusade was the Children’s Crusade, the pilgrims of which were thousands of children of various ages. The crusade lacked real…

The Human Rights Act (HRA) is argued to be a fundamental instrument in the United Kingdom’s (UK) constitution. It allows the rights and freedoms of the individual to be protected from the state within Domestic Courts. The Act has been under h scrutiny for decades surrounding the conflicts that it poses on the UK’s unwritten constitution and the fundamental doctrines of Parliamentary sovereignty, Separation of Powers and the Rule of Law. Due to this, there have been proposals made by many…

of the Church–– but some had taken actions into accord when reform was requested or needed. The Nineteenth Ecumenical Council–– which was moreover known as the Council of Trent, had played a role in the reform on the Catholic Church. It was also considered to be one of the most important councils throughout the history of Roman Catholic Churches. Before the formation of the council, Martin Luther, a monk who was born in Germany became an important icon during the 16th Century when he began the…

Emphasis on Human Trafficking in the US Human trafficking is often the term used when talking about modern day slavery, the third largest global criminal enterprise (Tully,1). Around the word there are over 20 million people being trafficked, with the average age being 13. Slavery was made illegal during the civil war era, when the emancipation proclamation was signed in 1863, and America has been working it’s way to a better future by putting this time in the past. The fact is, although slavery…

Through out Shakespeare's Hamlet, there are many Protestant and Roman Catholic elements in it. The character Hamlet is a prime example of the representation of copious Catholic beliefs about purgatory, suicide, and ghosts. Many have speculated that Hamlet is a closeted Catholic despite there being no mention of it in the play. Although small vital details in the play give away the real possibility that he is Catholic, which could've been a way of Shakespeare himself drop hints of his own faith.…

is a region at the top of the globe consisting of Canada, the United States of America, Finland, Denmark (Greenland), Russia, Iceland, Sweden, and Norway. These countries form the Arctic council and are responsible for protecting and managing the affairs within the Arctic. The main reason that there is a Council is because it makes progress in the Arctic more productive and it is easier to manage the Arctic when there is a specific body set up to manage the Arctic. When all of the countries are…

readings one can see that Urban II used family and God to convince people to fight for their brothers and sisters in Christ, end injustice, and do for God and their ancestors what has been done for them. In the beginning of Urban II’s speech located at Council of Clermont titled Fulcher of Chartres, Urban II was speaking kindly to the audience. He did not claim that the people were far from God and were in need for someone to save…

Religion played a role in the origins of the Crusades or Holy War. Pope Urban ii called a meeting to deal with the religious issues, to free the Holy Land from the Turks. He form an army and head to Jerusalem, to have a Crusade. Anyone killed on this quest would go to directly to heaven. Some of the first responders were Peter the Hermit and Walter the Penniless, whose followers were some of the poor from Germany and France. They would soon destroy the Muslims and the Holy Land. This would…

Martin Luther King Jr., a man of great power and influence felt a hint of responsibility to help the people of Birmingham through their crisis by writing a letter to the clergymen about their actions, to hopefully gain their trust and friendships. When it came to civil rights there were many powerful leaders that informed the world of their beliefs on equality. The famed reverend Martin Luther King Jr. once said: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” He did not intend for his…

good by celebrating our differences, fighting for what is right, and helping the poor as seen in the readings Nostra Aetate, Letter from Birmingham City Jail, and The Option for the Poor Arises from Faith in Christ. Nostra Aetate does a phenomenal job of displaying ways we can form a more just society for the common good. It is from the Second Vatican Council in 1965…