Convents

Throughout the years of the post classical era, 500 through 1000C.E., the religions Islam and Christianity undoubtedly began to take shape. Although Christianity had already been established since the around 30 C.E., it wasn’t until the post classical era that it became a major religion thoughout western and eastern Europe. (Bentley 233) The Islamic faith on the other hand did not emerge until the year c.610 C.E. and developed as a major religion of the region throughout the time period.…

I, Giovanni Pico Della Mirandola, am philosopher from the renaissance period. I was born on February 24, 1963, to a noble family in Italy. I am indeed, very well known for “Oration on the Dignity of Man”, one of the most famous Renaissance texts I wrote, a text considered to epitomize Renaissance humanism. I am also the first Christian scholar to use Kabbalistic doctrine in support of Christian theology. My father, Giovanni Francesco Pico, prince of the small territory of Mirandola, provided for…

This memo is in response to your request for my opinion regarding Sister Doris Gormley’s letter, and your subsequent draft response. First, let me thank you for considering my professional judgement on your response letter about admitting women and minorities with well-educated backgrounds to the Board of Directors. The letter makes some very important points, and explains why our company has a board that lacks the diversity that her organization is seeking. These points should be used in your…

to the throne which got him arrested and starved in the dungeon. His mother, Elena Galinskaya, had his other uncle killed because she ruled as regent, then she died by surely being poisoned awhile after, and his guardian, Agrafena, was sent to a convent. Ivan had no one to look after him at 8 years old (Mad Monarchs).” Ivan had…

Isabella is in the process of becoming a nun. She passionate about her devotion to God and she plans on staying a virgin. Isabella is convinced she is ready to join a convent that contains a set of strict rules to follow. After pleading and begging Angelo to spare her brother’s life, although she agrees his behavior was sinful, she is given an ultimatum to either sleep with Angelo or expect her brother to die. She tries…

him if he knew.” Rosa wasn’t scared of her likely abusive boss at 7. She was the same age as the modern-day 1st grader, and yet, she could talk to him like he was a good friend. Her mother did not like this, so she sent Rosa to a convent to learn manners. In the convent that Rosa spent much of her childhood in, she supported the orphans in way that the sisters could not, like how when the sisters didn’t allow the girls to drink water after a long day, but when Rosa found some spare water, she…

Introduction “A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous.” Iconic fashion designer Coco Chanel once said. Chanel, one of the most influential designers in the world, redefined what it meant to be a woman. Women’s fashion before the 1900’s was all corsets and bustles and almost no freedom to move. Then Coco Chanel changed that. She designed new fashions that defied the social norm and gave women in Europe and America more freedoms. But with her new idea came conflicts. Young girls were…

GOD’S TORCH An experience and/or event(s) that will influence my academic work and/or goals at Colorado Christian University is to do the very best I can with what “The Good Jesus” gives me. I try to make a conscious effort to work for God and not for man. Because I carry God’s spirit in my heart, it has been a way of life for me. It is God that has always been my influence. Although I never seem to stop my analytical thinking, I am a taciturn and demure type of person. Because I was…

Armstrong is interviewed on her life of being religious and where she stands with religion at the time of the interview. She was a former roman catholic nun and after years of not being happy with the way the practices of that religion she had left her convent. She continues to speak of how certain religions lacked compassion, that they use fear to control people. She speaks of violence in religions alluding to the story of Cain and Able and how Cain killed his younger brother because he won…

Edith Wharton was the author of Ethan Frome and many other celebrated novels. She was born in into a wealthy family in New York on January 24, 1862. The third child and only daughter of George Frederic and Lucretia Rhinelander Jones, the young Edith spent much of her childhood in Europe, mainly France, Germany, Italy. There she spent most of her time developing both her gift for languages as well as a deep appreciation for beauty – in art, architecture and literature. Returning to New York in…