European History

Gregory Bateson said, “Without context, words and actions have no meaning at all” (Mind and Nature 15). That quote may seem melodramatic, but surely you acknowledge the axiomatic certainty of the foundational importance of context. The proper context is imperative to understanding the content, and context is fundamental to understanding Beowulf. Warren Christopher said, “It's very important to always put statements in their historical contexts. It teaches important lessons about the country…

the significance of the traditions of history, education and argument, and civics as well as express how these concepts are connected. While Nadar experienced these things as a child and his narrative refers to events when he is younger, these virtues are vital to the engage citizens to actively participate in government and impact their communities. To gain more aware and active citizens, these citizens must be equipped with history. In Nadar’s writing, history takes the form of stories and…

the reader right into the years that came before, the years throughout and the time that passed after Moses lifetime including the standing impact that is echoed in Jewish culture today. I especially find that Pearlman’s decision to present the history and vast amount of information upon his subject in the form of a story being told is very entertaining, as opposed to something factual and bland from a encyclopedia. Moshe Pearlman wastes no time in diving right into the good stuff, but he does…

What is culture? Culture is the beliefs, customs, and arts of a particular society, group, place, or time. Many Americans underestimate the importance of culture in history; however, culture and history have a direct relationship. When a historical event happens, usually there is a change in social culture; for example, the great depression was a historical event that cause a change in people’s lifestyle (cultural change). People went from attending expensive parties, eating a lot of food, and…

“Conversation on the Egyptian Revolution: Fieldwork in Revolutionary Times” is one article, in a series, that was written a year after the 2011 January 25 Revolution in Egypt. In this article, author Yasmin Moll reflects and explores some conflicting thoughts that went through her mind as she participated in the event as both an Egyptian woman and as an anthropologist. She realized that the January 25 Revolution was a historic event for her country. Moll and many others during the uprising…

Interview #1 (Pre-1935) Loretta Frank was born September 27, 1927, and is currently 88 years old. She grew up in Euclid Ohio. When she was a kid she attended a catholic school. Her teachers were nuns, who wore long black dress like clothes with a white collar that covered their heads called Habits. Schooling back then was much different. The nuns were very strict. Loretta remembers when a student did something wrong the nuns would have a ruler and hit them on the knuckles. Since Loretta went to…

the entire of Beowulf, regardless of its Christian elements, is emphatically and most un-Christianly skeptical in its perspective of life and history. The narrative structure of the poem shows that albeit even the most heroic of men may for a period conquer the forces of obscurity, he in time will be vanquished by them. The foundation of Scandinavian history before which the move of Beowulf makes put and to which the poet always suggests makes unequivocally a similar purpose of the fates of…

History is the past analyzed and recorded, it is not everything that ever happened or everything that historians have already written about. While the existence of subjectivity in history is not often questioned many philosophers have rejected the possibility of objective historical knowledge. This essay seeks to explain the ways in which history consists of both elements of objectivity and subjectivity. Objectivity refer to the lack of bias. With this being said there is no objective truth…

2.1 History of the method Political discourse analysis – which will henceforth be referred to as 'PDA' – strives to establish itself as a balanced mix between linguistic analysis and political comment. It is a recent cross-discipline related to discourse studies, more precisely to critical discourse analysis, and political science. Nonetheless, PDA's roots go back to antiquity on which it built and drew inspiration from, as well as from the many studies developed in the interval. 2.1.1…

passage enhances the quality of Hitchens’s article. He starts off strong with a quote that highlights the significance of the Parthenon to draw the reader’s attention. Hitchens follows this with a description of the Parthenon’s hard and prolonged history. The author then provides some background knowledge, as the reader may not be as well learned about the topic as he is. Despite all the damage the Parthenon has gone through, Hitchens states that “one desecration and dilapidation [can be] ...…