Burgundians

needs and invasions. This was the case of Spain, Roman Africa, and a large chunk of France. The local officials felt that they were abandoned by Rome, and this let them succumb to foreign rules. If Rome would have never allowed Goths, Franks, and Burgundians to settle in their domain, the country would never have lost control over their territory. If the Roman Empire had exterminated them, though it may have been utterly brutal; it could have prolonged the life of the empire. Had there been…

The Roman Empire was a powerful, imperialistic nation that dominated the world for 500 years, due to its successful military and thriving government. It was destined for an industrial revolution, according to Esolen, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Western Civilization. So what exactly caused the fall of Rome? Historians have debated numerous theories. The most famous explanation is the invasions of Germanic tribes. However, the internal conditions of Rome include: unstable economic…

In 1589 Spain posed a major threat to England’s channel defences, since most of England’s export trade was sold in the Netherlands (due to the traditional alliance between England and the Dukes of Burgundy) and the Burgundian ruler of the Netherlands was the king of Spain. If Phillip II was to attack England through the Netherlands trade between the two would inevitably cease; the fact that most of England’s trade went to the Netherlands would mean that a cease in trade…

“Great leaders are born, not made” (Tomas Carlyle). True leaders are born with a passion, with a drive; they know their purpose and they will never stop until they reach their goals. No matter what obstacle faces them, they will rise to the challenge and thrive. According to Carlyle, effective leaders are those gifted with divine inspiration and the right characteristics. Saint Joan of Arc was just a young girl when she realized the greatness in her. She was blessed by God at the young age…

describes the devastation of the empire c. 406 A.D, “Nations innumerable and most savage have invaded all Gaul. The Whole region between the Alps and the Pyrenees, the ocean and the Rhine, has been devastated by the Quadi, the Vandals… the Saxons, the Burgundians, the Alemanni, and the Pahnonians.” This account details the desperate situation of the Roman Empire by describing all the territory lost to the various barbarian tribes. Some of the barbarians were those once employed by the empire as…

After the Black Death swept through Europe during the early modern period of European history, societies were left in a state of chaos. The repercussions from such a debilitating plague were numerous and the impact on society was powerful. The economy was destabilized and the Church lost most of its power as citizens looked at the plague as punishment from God. In looking to be back in God’s grace, societies looked to purge their communities of those they thought responsible; about 100,000…

From 1095 to the end of the Middle Ages, the call to the Holy Land echoed across Europe as enthusiastic preachers lectured crowds upon wooden platforms, exercising all the tricks of the orator’s trade by coaxing, threatening, and promising in order to rouse up revenge upon there enemy. Preaching was the most effective way to reach the illiterate masses. Although the clergy and nobles of Europe were used to receiving letters begging aid for the Holy Land, for the most part the emotions and hopes…

for laborious work, as a minutia of knowledge along with any social skills or wit they may possess, usually was sufficient. D’Eon had a dispassionate disposition and though he would laugh and joke, and drink copious amounts of wine like a true Burgundian, “he made…

The Germanic tribes invaded Europe, diffused into its society and influenced the civilizations already in Europe. But what were those influences? Did each tribe contribute something unique to Europe? Where did each tribe come from? The time span of the Germanic, or barbarian, invasions spans roughly a thousand years. My primary focus will be on the years 500 B.C. to 500 A.D. As a whole the Germanic tribes contributed different kinds of warfare, politics, and weaponry. An example of this is the…

This exhibition intends to reveal the contributions of jewelry to religious and superstitious aspects of Renaissance painting. There have been endless, often highly contentious, discussions of the meaning of these works, and yet their jewelry is rarely examined in depth, if at all. Adornment often signifies symbolic qualities which act as parallels of other symbols in a work, and, in some cases, reveal meanings not delineated elsewhere. This is most apparent in portraits, where jewelry is highly…