Bohemia

The major causes of World War I The Great War (1914-1918) started in Europe as a result of tensions building up between the great European military and political powers. Among the principal causes listed by historians were: imperialism, nationalism, militarism, the system of alliances, domestic political factors and the eastern question regarding the Balkans. In the years leading up to WWI many European nations had empires but the largest of all was the British Empire. Great Britain was…

The purpose of life changed to aggrandizement in Europe from 1450-1648, and leading a life with religious purpose continued as the purpose of life. Aggrandizement, placing the focus of authority on building or maintaining political power, changed to become the purpose of life in Europe from 1450-1648. Leading a life of religious purpose in Europe, living life by religious beliefs for the purpose of reaching salvation, continued as a purpose of life in Europe from 1450-1648. Aggrandizement,…

The Thirty Years’ War was a change between actions for religious reasons to actions for political reasons. The war started with Ferdinand II’s war against Frederick V to regain the Bohemian Crown that was originally his, but after Frederick had been defeated, Ferdinand, who was Catholic, completed the goal he set previous to his war against Frederick by demanding that all lands originally Catholic that became Protestant be returned to Catholic. He also decreed that because Calvinists were not…

Oswiecim, Poland January, 1945 My dearest wife Hilda, I am writing this letter in hopes that one day You will be able to read this letter and be able to live life knowing what happened to me and not have worry about me. Before I want you to know that don't stop believing in the world just because a small part of it is making the rest seem horrible. Always fight for what you believe in don't let others tell you you are wrong for what you support or believe. I want to make sure that while you…

The beginning of World War II and Hitler’s role in it is a very long and interesting one, like most wars it was a series of events that led to the ultimate conflict. Let 's start off in January of 1919 with Anton Drexler. Drexler had just founded the German Workers’ Party (DAP) inside the Fuerstenfelder hotel in Munich, a few months before-hand Hitler demobilized in Munich due to an almost complete demilitarisation of German forces. After Hitler’s return he was assigned intelligence agent by a…

Together, this paints a picture of the contemporary religious setting. Shakespeare’s piece is predominantly Reformation, as it mainly ignores Catholic ideals and goes against them. This is no surprise, though, as plays were looked down upon by the Catholic church. According to Jensen, “To play and to put on plays were equally idolatrous” (Jensen 283). She continues, “Plays, even if they did not originate in the Catholic liturgical year, were still labeled by these writers as idolatrous—partly…

In his journal The Sidereal Messenger, Galileo Galilei documents his astronomical findings. Galilei makes three discoveries based off his observations with his microscope; he finds the moon is physically similar to Earth, the existence of thousands of stars that are invisible to the naked eye, and Jupiter’s four moons. He proves that the moon’s surface is similar to Earth’s terrain through his sketches of his observations. Galilei’s illustrations display the moon’s shaded ridges and spots to…

things. He claimed that, unlike the body, the mind is indivisible and has no physical extensions. In philosophy, this difference between the body and the mind is called Cartesian dualism. Another contemporary philosopher for the time, Elizabeth of Bohemia, claimed that this is not true. Her argument had a base in physics. She reasoned that for movement to occur, there must be another object bumping into another object and causing it to move. She tied this idea to…

The Renaissance, which means rebirth and it, paved the foundations of early modern Europe. It began in Italy during the crusades Italian cities such as Venice, Milan, and Genoa prospered from trade with the crusaders and the Muslim world. The fall of the Byzantine empire of 1453 opened more doors of opportunity for Italian merchants. Florence became the banking capital to fund trade and keep the finances of the Roman Catholic Church in order. Double entry book keeping, which is debits and…

peasants disease was rampant. “At times desperate peasants revolted and attacked nearby castles and monasteries. War and intermittent outbreaks of plague cost some German towns one-third or more of their populations. One-third of the inhabitants of Bohemia also perished”. The number of deaths show the depth of the suffering that the peasants had to face. Revolts became more common and populations of the towns began to…