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    The mission systems for Mexican-American history involved a wide view, during its retrospect it was known as a sequence of missions that were established by Franciscan Monks in California and in the Spanish Southwest that obligated Indians into converting to Catholicism to employ themselves as agricultural laborers. An overall Mexican California that was an outbreak of dramatic strain that initiated the pros and cons of the mission system because of the changes in politics, religion, and…

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    The Holocaust one of the most tragic events that happened in history. Resistance efforts are people who are non Jewish and help the Jewish people. Resistance efforts sound more like a group it is but even one person can be a resistance effort. Like Irena Sendler who was a polish nurse that save thousands of Jewish children. So resistance efforts are people who are willing to help people even if it does get them hurt. Irena sendler was born on February 15,1910 in Otwock Warsaw. She was…

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    music, they played a major part. The Baroque era was a time, where women were given more opportunities for musical expansion. The church was a place where women were given small freedom to partake in some musical activities, such as singing in a convent. Women have provided colossal contributions to the construction of music. Francesca Caccini was an exceptionally talented composer, who created a new approach to music. Faustina Bordoni was an Italian opera singer, who was incredibly gifted. She…

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    A conflict is a disagreement in which parties involved perceive a threat to their needs, interest or concerns. Most conflicts are caused by people having different beliefs. Different beliefs can mean people having different religious beliefs, ideology or philosophical beliefs. Different religious beliefs caused many of the conflicts that happened in the 21st century such as the Lebanese Civil War involving the Sunni, Shiite and Christian community in Lebanon (BBC, 2015). Ideology such as a group…

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    One day, august tells lily a story about a young nun who discovers and explores the world and lily realises that the young nun supposed to be her. She is also miserable and lonely like the nun in the story. Then at the end when she return to her convent she realised that Mary is standing in always, for her. Lily doesn’t understand the complete storyt and thinks that maybe august wants her to go back to her home. A week has passed since rosaleen and lily are at augusts house. Lily thinks that…

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    The movie progresses to depict the imminent threat of war and the monks are forced to decide whether to leave the community they love or to flee and seek safety elsewhere. The head monk, Christian, initially decides that the entire convent will stay and refuses to enlist an army for protection. St. Benedict summarized Christian’s decision to stay as a nonviolent presence in the community as “Let the leader strive to be loved rather than feared” (Article 8 (2472)). Another factor in Christian’s…

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    Analysis Of Madlang Away

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    lieutenant thought he would be killed but suddenly, he grabbed the revolver with the help of his family to tie and stop the cruel father. Because of the injustice, the barrio lieutenant’s relatives were arrested. The priest silently went back to convent, his home. After the investigation, it seems that it’s the woman’s fault because she is the mistress…

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    of the population, but in fact it did not reach certain parts of Europe. The Black Death was not a disease of the black rat transmitted to humans by fleas. They also say how the Black Death was not a disease of poverty, many wealthy and well-fed convents, friaries, and monasteries across Europe lost more than half of their members; some even became extinct. They say it was not a disease only of large cities and towns and villages in lowlands. In 1348–49, some of the worst-hit regions were in…

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    Mary Astell, Mary Wollstonecraft, and Elizabeth Cady Stanton off the bat these commendable woman have one thing in common: wanting equality for woman. Although they each were in different time periods, still they endured unfair treatment as women and wanted change. Change that caused movement and change that made significant differences and in fact unfolded the beginning chapter of feminism. To begin with, Mary Astell advocacy was focused on providing women with equal educational opportunities…

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    It was run by the Pope. A priest was the head of their own parish. After a daily mass, they would care for the sick and the poor, collect tithes from the serfs, and would teach at the schools. Nuns and monks lived in monasteries and convents where they learned and copied manuscripts and lived. The church made it clear to the people that the goal of everyday life was to get into heaven. People payed a lot of money and spent a lot of time at church. The church maintained order and was…

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