Crusader

Two courses of action, it was argued, were required. First, crypto-Judaism could only be overcome by the introduction of an Inquisition; second, Jewish influence over the conversos could only be overcome by their expulsion. These ideas, adumbrated in works such as Alonso de Espina's Fortalitium Fidei, continued to gain ground, and on 27 September 1480 the Catholic Monarchs appointed Inquisitors in Castile who began their work in Seville shortly after (1481). Conversos, often subjected to torture…

When the word crusade appears in either a sentence or in a verbal statement it automatically begins to raise concerns in ideas due to problematic historical references being recalled and even present day social problems. The infamous idea of the crusade refers to the medieval era, 500AD-1500AD, where there was a rise in European military expeditions. This rise in military power created a series of European “crusades” and campaigns in attempt to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims. Even in…

savior of Gotham. The character was created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger, and first appeared in Detective Comic, where his character was originally named "the Bat-Man," the character is also referred to by such epithets as the "Caped Crusader", the "Dark Knight", and the "World 's Greatest Detective". Since his debut in the mid-1940s, the character of batman has undergone metamorphoses from a bright hero into a dark, vigilante, anti-hero. This metamorphosis can be exemplified by…

Ida B. Wells Ida B. Wells-Barnett was born in holly springs, Mississippi in 1862 and died March 25, 1931, in Chicago, Illinois. She was born a slave and the oldest of seven children. Even though they were enslaved at the time her parents were able to support their seven children, because her mother was a famous cook & her father was a very skilled carpenter. Around the age of fourteen Ida parents died in an epidemic of yellow fever that came through holly springs. Her parent’s death caused her…

sends the country into a complete blackout. People in the city started to riot and looting in big cities, but Batman and his army all work to reserve peace which made the President look powerless so in order to stop the embarassment by the Caped Crusader the President sent in Superman to take out…

Pope Urban II started the First Crusade to help Byzantine Christians, to manifest papal authority, and to provide redemption for Christian souls. Thomas Asbridge¹ in his book, The First Crusade, explains that in the advent of the First Crusade in 1095, the papacy was slowly recovering. In the events leading up to the First Crusade, Europe had undergone significant political and social upheaval. The Church was divided with Eastern Christians following Orthodoxy and Western Christians following…

the police handle the criminals. Although many continue to despise him, the rest are proud to call him a superhero for his acts of justice. For the most part, all superheroes commit rightful acts in order to save the greater good. However, caped crusaders such as Batman and the Watchmen are now labeled as vigilantes rather than superheroes. The Batman, in 1939, was a vigilante who often broke laws to catch the bad guys,…

The hip hop culture first started forty years ago in the Bronx community. It slowly began to change through the different styles and from the various area. Hip Hop does not just cover the music, it is intertwined with sports, television show, clothing, and accessories. The Hip Hop Culture began to receive some serious stereotyping from the media when “gangsta” rap became popular. The ethnocentrism of hip hop is due to young adults wanting to emulate their favorite artist(s). However, the Hip Hop…

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…

people, however reluctant, to embrace the erroneous tenets of the prophet”.21 This account of the Muslims seems to reflect the Christian view that Muslims violently forced people into believing in Muhammad. 17.) Robert the Monk, "Urban and the Crusaders," in Dana C. Munro, ed., Translations and Reprints from the Original Sources of European History, Vol 1:2 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 1865), 5-8 (http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/urban2-5vers.asp-Robert) 18.) Robert the Monk,…